Herbs acaulescent; caudex branched. Flowering stems 20-40 cm, short and sometimes long stipitate-glandular. Leaves: petiole long stipitate-glandular; blade reniform to orbiculate, shallowly 5-7-lobed, 2-5.5 cm, base cordate, lobes rounded, margins dentate, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces long stipitate-glandular on veins abaxially, glabrous or sparsely long stipitate-glandular adaxially. Inflorescences moderately dense to diffuse. Flowers: hypanthium weakly bilaterally to radially symmetric, free 2.5-2.8 mm, dark pink to red, broadly campanulate or urceolate, 4-8 mm, short stipitate-glandular proximally, sparsely long stipitate-glandular distally; sepals spreading, darker red-tipped, equal, 2-3 mm, apex oblong or rounded; petals spreading, pink or cream, narrowly oblanceolate, unlobed, 1.2-1.8 mm (shorter than sepals), margins entire; stamens included 1.5-3 mm; styles included 1.5-3 mm, 1.5-2 mm, 0.1+ mm diam. Capsules ovoid, 4.5-6 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. Seeds dark brown, ellipsoid, 0.5-0.6 mm, bluntly spiny.
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