Herbs, perennial, 12-20 cm tall, finely papillose-pubescent. Rhizome 1-3 cm, with many long roots ca. 1 mm in diam. Stems 2 or 3, simple, with 1 or 2 leaves in upper 1/2. Radical leaves 4-6; petiole 4-7 cm; blade orbicular, 1.5-2 × 2-3 cm, divided to base into 3-5 sessile ± deeply divided obovate leaflets; ultimate lobes oblong, 2-3 mm wide, obtuse. Cauline leaves sessile, deeply and irregularly divided into 3-7 narrowly oblanceolate obtuse lobes to 1-2 cm. Racemes shortly stalked, 6-13-flowered, rather lax, secund; bracts narrowly oblanceolate, 5-7 mm, rarely lowermost one larger and divided. Pedicel erect, 6-16 mm. Sepals ca. 0.5 × 1 mm, dentate. Corolla purple; outer petals ecristate; upper petal 14-19 mm, subacute; spur straight, hardly tapering to obtuse apex, 9-10 mm; nectary ca. 2/5 as long as spur; lower petal ca. 12 mm, claw short with very small gibbosity at base, gradually widened into broad rhombic slightly sinuate-dentate acute limb; inner petals 9-10 mm. Stigma square; marginal simple papillae: median 2 distinct, lateral diffuse; geminate papillae lateral and on triangular basal lobes. Fruit and seeds unknown; ovules ca. 20; style ca. 2.5 mm. Fl. Jun.
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