Plants medium-sized, dark green, often somewhat sericeous (abaxial surface of leaves), sometimes reddish brown, especially on exposed distal part of stems and inflorescences, ?to 50 cm?. Stems usually densely spreading-to slightly ascending-hairy, usually glabrous in distal 1/2. Leaves: stipules translucent, strongly wine red-tinged proximally, ?lobes pale green, sometimes suffused wine red; petiole densely spreading-or slightly ascending-hairy (especially in distal 1/3)?; blade usually reniform to orbiculate, 7–9-lobed, margins flat, sometimes slightly undulate, basal sinuses relatively wide or narrow, ?basal lobes not overlapping?, middle lobes rounded, as long as to longer than their half-widths, to as long as wide and with straight sides; incisions usually absent or relatively short; teeth usually slightly connivent, almost symmetric to ± asymmetric, apex acute, abaxial surface with nerves hairy throughout, internerve regions uniformly or irregularly hairy, adaxial densely appressed-hairy throughout. Inflorescences: primary branches often sparsely, sometimes densely, ascending-hairy; ?peduncles glabrous or hairy?. Pedicels glabrous or some of the proximal hairy. Flowers ?dark green, often becoming reddish?; epicalyx bractlet lengths 0.5+ times sepals (narrower); hypanthium ?attenuate at base?, usually glabrous, rarely sparsely hairy (in proximal flowers). Achenes not exserted.
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