Many-stemmed, clump-forming, perennial herb, up to 0.14 m high; young parts silvery, retrorse, appressed-hairy. Leaves all cauline; lamina ± 5-30 mm in diam., digitately 3-5-lobed almost to base, each lobe rhomboid in outline, deeply pinnatifid; segments oblong-lanceolate, entire; petioles much longer than lamina. Inflorescences 1-or 2-flowered; peduncles much exceeding upper leaves; pedicels < 50 mm long; indumentum as for stems. Sepals 5.5-8.0 x 2.5-3.5 mm, indumentum with additional gland-tipped hairs at base. Petals 12-15 x 6.5-9.0 mm, obovate, shallowly notched, magenta or purple-blue. Flowering time Aug.-Jan.