Caudex branches elongate. Stems openly tufted to loosely spaced, 0.5–4.5 dm; base 1–2 mm diam., sparsely septate-glandular. Leaves sparsely to moderately hairy; basal 2–15 cm, leaflet pairs (2–)3–5; terminal leaflet broadly cuneate to nearly round, 0.6–2(–3.5) × 0.5–2 cm, teeth irregularly single, 2–4 per side, apex rounded to truncate; cauline 0–1(–2), reduced, leaflet pairs 1–2. Inflorescences 3–10(–15)-flowered, not leafy, open, 1/4–3/4 of stem, wide, branch angles 20–75°. Pedicels 2–15 (proximal to 30) mm, sparsely to moderately short-hairy, septate-glandular. Flowers opening narrowly; epicalyx bractlets linear to narrowly elliptic or lanceolate, 1–2 × 0.5 mm; sepals erect, 2–5 mm, apex broadly obtuse; petals scarcely overlapping, erect, yellow, narrowly obovate, 2–4 × 1.5–2.5 mm, ± equal to or slightly longer than sepals; filaments 1.5–2.5 mm, anthers 0.5–0.8 mm; styles slender, 1.5–2.5 mm. Achenes brown, 0.8–1.2 mm.
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