Plants perennial. Stems 1(–6), stiffly erect, 3.2–10 dm, densely hairy, hairs 6–8-rayed, stellate. Leaves: stipules persistent, linear-lanceolate, 5.8–8.5 mm; petiole 1.5–10 cm; blade suborbiculate, 3-or 5-lobed, 4–6.5 × 3.8–7 cm, surfaces stellate-hairy, lobes oblong to oblanceolate or linear-oblanceolate. Inflorescences racemose; involucellar bractlets (1–)3, linear, 5.5–10 × 0.7–1.5 mm. Flowers bisexual; calyx lobes valvate in bud, forming apiculate or acuminate point; petals reddish purple with deep-red basal spot, 3–3.7(–4) cm. Schizocarps 7.8–12 mm diam.; mericarps 12–20, 4.2–5 × 3.2–4 mm, hairy, indehiscent; beaks not prominent, 0.7–2 mm; collars absent. 2n = 30.
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