Many-stemmed clump-forming perennial herb, rootstock eventually thick and woody but not tuberous,-stems of indeterminate length, straggling, decumbent or suberect, thinly to thickly pilose, hairs reflexed and appressed to spreading, up to 1.25 mm long, eglandular. Stipules deeply dissected, the segments linear-acuminate. Leaves with petioles mostly 35-150 mm long, pilose as the stem; blade up to 90 mm in diam., digitately 5-lobed more than halfway to the base (ratio 2-4:1), lobes oblong-elliptic in outline, mostly with two coarse teeth each side, the lower tooth itself often toothed (and see discussion below), short appressed hairs above, variable below, ranging from sub tomentose with short fine appressed hairs to short fine appressed hairs confined to veins and margins to short or long spreading hairs all over or nearly confined to veins and margins. Peduncles opposite to upper leaves and terminal, forming spreading cymes, usually 2-flowered, ±20-80 mm long, indumentum very variable even in a single collection, ranging from reflexed appressed eglandular hairs, or mixed with spreading gland-tipped hairs, to spreading gland-tipped hairs underlain by fine curled hairs, or sometimes glabrous. Pedicels ±10-50 mm long, hairy as the peduncles. Sepals (5-)6-8 x 2.5-3.5(-4) mm, indumentum variable, hairs sometimes all appressed and eglandular, or some spreading gland-tipped hairs as well, or all the hairs spreading. Petals (9-)11-16 x (5.5-)7-11 mm, obovate, entire, light to dark pink with darker veins. Rostrum with short appressed eglandular hairs or hairs ± spreading, spreading gland-tipped hairs often present as well.
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Many-stemmed, clump-forming perennial herb, 0.2-1.8 m high; rootstock eventually thick and woody; scarcely hairy to densely pilose, hairs reflexed, appressed to spreading, eglandular. Leaves with lamina to 90 mm in diam., digitately 5-lobed more than halfway to base, lobes oblong-elliptic; petioles 35-150 mm long. Inflorescences opposite upper leaves, of 2-flowered, spreading cymes; peduncles 20-80 mm long; pedicels ± 10-15 mm long; indumentum as for stems or with gland-tipped hairs. Sepals 5-8 x 2.5-3.5 mm. Petals 9-16 x 5.5-11.0 mm, obovate, light pink, dark pink with darker veins. Flowering time Aug.-Feb.