Shrubs, to ca. 1 m tall, ?hermaphroditic. Branches unarmed or with few prickles. Leaves simple, 3-or 4-lobed; petiole 6-10 cm, ferruginous stellate when young; blade 10-16 × 10-20 cm, papery; lobes elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 8-13 cm, deeply divided, abaxially ferruginous stellate pubescent, base broadly cuneate or slightly cordate, margin serrate, apex acuminate. Inflorescence axillary, erect, unarmed; primary axis ca. 10 cm; peduncles 2-3 cm; umbels 2-5, ca. 1 cm in diam.; pedicels 1-2 mm, densely ferruginous stellate pubescent. Ovary 2-carpellate. Fruit unknown. Fl. Aug-Sep.