Caules ad 45 cm alti, glabri, inferne parce ramosi, ramis ascendentibus; caudex ad 20 mm diam., fusco-brunneus, ramosus, irregularis, basibus foliorum delapsorum notatus. Folia pro maxima parte radicalia, petiolis ad 150 mm longis suffulta; lamina ambitu orbicularis, c. 50-90 mm diam., palmatim ad 5-10 mm e basi in segmenta 7 divisa, segmentis iterum lobatis et grosse dentatis, marginibus acute calloso-dentatis. Umbellae pedunculis 25-60 mm longis suffultae; bracteae c. 6-10, ad 10 mm longae, lineari-lanceolatae, acuminatae, ad basin liberae; umbella terminalis hermaphrodita, anthesi c. 120 mm diam., laterales masculinae, minores. Umbellulae 11-13 in umbella terminali, floribus solitariis paucis interdum adsentibus, obconicae, 10-20 mm diam.; bracteolae c. 5, 2 mm longae, lineari-lanceolatae, acuminatae, ad basin liberae, purpurascentes; pedicelli 5-10 mm longi. Calyx lobis 0.5-0.75 mm longis deltoideis purpurascentibus demum supra stylopodio incurvis. Petala 1.25 mm longa, cremea, interdum purpureo-tincta, apice fere 0.5 mm acuminata inflexo libero. Stamina 5, filamentis 1.25 mm longis; antherae 0.5 mm longae. Ovarium c. 1 x 0.75 mm, campanulatum. Stylopodium hermisphaericum. Styli 0.5 mm longi, patentes. Mericarpia c. 2.5 x 1.25 mm.
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Perennial herb. Flowering stems up to 0.45 m high; erect, tufted. Leaves simple, radical, petiolate; blade palmate, 50-90 mm in diameter, margins 7-lobed, lobes sharply toothed; petioles ± 150 mm long. Flowers: involucre present; cream-coloured; Dec.-Feb. Fruit on erect or drooping peduncles, ovoid or shortly oblong, laterally flattened.
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