Herbs acaulescent; caudex branched. Flowering stems 40-110 cm, long stipitate-glandular. Leaves: petiole long stipitate-glandular; blade broadly ovate to nearly orbiculate, shallowly 5-7-lobed, 3-8 cm, base deeply cordate, lobes rounded, margins dentate, apex obtuse, surfaces long stipitate-glandular. Inflorescences dense. Flowers: hypanthium slightly bilaterally symmetric, free to 1 mm, green, broadly campanulate, inflated distal to adnation to ovary, 6-11 mm, short stipitate-glandular and sparsely long stipitate-glandular, densely papillate inside; sepals erect, darker green-tipped, equal, 4-6 mm, apex obtuse or rounded; petals absent or 1-5, erect, green, narrowly lanceolate, unlobed, 1.2-1.4 mm, margins entire; stamens included 2-3 mm; (filaments erect, straight, stout, ca. 3 times length of anthers); styles included 2-2.5 mm, 0.5-1 mm, 0.1+ mm diam. Capsules ovoid, 10-12 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. Seeds dark brown, ellipsoid, 0.6-0.9 mm, finely spiny. 2n = 14.
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