Plants subscapose. Stems 2–30 cm, densely pilose, ?hairs 2–5 mm?. Leaves: basal 3–10 cm, blade pinnate-pinnatifid, leaflets/lobes 11–23, terminal leaflet slightly larger; cauline 1.4–2.5 cm, stipules adnate to leaf, indistinguishable from lobes, blade ?bractlike, not resembling basal, alternate?, simple, 3-fid. Inflorescences 1-flowered. Pedicels densely pilose, eglandular. Flowers erect; epicalyx bractlets 6–9 mm; hypanthium green; sepals spreading-erect, 7–14 mm; petals ?5–9?, spreading, yellow, obovate, orbiculate, or ovate, 10–20 mm, longer than sepals, apex rounded to emarginate. Fruiting tori sessile, silky. Fruiting styles wholly persistent, not geniculate-jointed, 18–30 mm, apex not hooked, pilose except distal 1–3 mm. 2n = 28.
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A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows in loose patches. The rootstock is thick and dark brown. It keeps the dead leaf stalks from past years. The leaves at the base are 4-8 cm long. They are oblong and deeply lobed. There are 11-17 teeth. There can also be secondary teeth near the tip. The leaves are bright light green. They have silver hairs. They turn yellowish-brown in autumn. The stems have a single flower. The flowers are bright light yellow. They are 3.5 cm across. The fruit have many seeds.
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