Herbs, perennial, 0.5–10 dm, sparsely to densely short eglandular-hairy, long septate-glandular, and peglike-glandular; tufted or openly rhizomatous. Stems 1–20+, ± erect, ?green, reddish, or stramineous?. Leaves marcescent or winter-persistent, primarily basal, ?cauline 0–4, gradually or abruptly reduced distally?, alternate, odd-pinnate; stipules persistent, basally adnate to petiole, narrowly to broadly triangular-ovate to rounded, margins entire to ± toothed; petiole present; blade oblanceolate-oblong in outline, 1–25 cm, foliaceous, leaflets 5–13(–21), ?distinct, terminal not confluent with distalmost lateral pair, not or scarcely overlapping?, obovate or elliptic-ovate to flabellate or rhombic, margins flat, singly or doubly toothed, venation ± pinnate. Inflorescences terminal, 2–50(–60)-flowered, narrowly to widely cymose, open or congested; bracts present, leaflike or reduced; bracteoles absent. Pedicels present, ?straight?. Flowers 3–25 mm diam. (smallest ones with erect petals); epicalyx bractlets 5; hypanthium shallowly cupulate, 0.5–3 × 2.5–7 mm; sepals 5, spreading to reflexed or erect, narrowly to broadly triangular-ovate; petals 5, white to pale or bright yellow, rarely red-tinged (D. pseudorupestris var. crumiana), narrowly to broadly ovate-elliptic or obovate to round; stamens 20–30(–40), shorter than petals, ?anthers: connective broad, theca single, horseshoe-shaped, dehiscing by continuous slit?; torus hemispheric to conic; carpels 10–80, glabrous, styles sub-basal, ?fusiform, medially rough-thickened?; ovule 1. Fruits aggregated achenes, individually deciduous, 10–80 or less, obliquely ovoid, 0.7–1.5 mm, glabrous; hypanthium persistent; sepals persistent, erect; styles tardily deciduous, ?jointed?. x = 7.
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