Herbs perennial, (6–)10–15 cm tall. Stems taller than leaves, together with petioles densely spreading pilose or sometimes appressed-ascending pilose. Petiole 2–8 cm; leaf blade pinnately 5-foliolate; terminal leaflet shortly petiolulate, distal lateral ones sessile, obovate or elliptic, 1–4 × 0.6–3 cm, base cuneate on terminal leaflet, oblique on lateral ones, margin acutely or obtusely incised serrate, apex rounded; proximal lateral leaflets shortly petiolulate or subsessile, much smaller than distal ones, 6–10 × 4–8 mm. Inflorescence corymbiform, (1 or)2 or 3(or 4)-flowered, with pale brown or petiolate, leafletlike bract at base. Flowers bisexual; pedicel 1.5–2 cm. Sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate, abaxially pubescent; epicalyx segments lanceolate, occasionally 2-fid, nearly equaling but narrower than sepals. Petals white, suborbicular, base tapering into a short claw. Stamens ca. 20, unequal. Carpels numerous. Aggregate fruit ripening red, ovoid; persistent sepals prominently reflexed. Achenes ovoid, ca. 0.5 mm wide, rugose only at base. Fl. Apr–May, fr. May–Jun. 2n = 14*.
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A creeping herb. It grows 6-15 cm high. The leaves have 5 leaflets. They are oval and 1-4 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. The leaf stalks are 2-8 cm long. They have dense soft hairs. The flowers occur as 2-3 in a cluster.
It is a temperate plant. It is native in north western and western China. It grows in mountain meadows between 1,000-2,700 m above sea level. In Sichuan.
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