Plants green, ± tufted, sometimes rosetted; taproot stout, not fleshy. Stems prostrate to erect, (0.2–)0.5–4 dm. Basal leaves tightly to loosely cylindric, (1–)3–20(–25) cm; sheathing base ± glandular abaxially, otherwise glabrous; petiole 0.5–8 cm, hairs 0.2–0.5 mm; leaflets (6–)10–25 per side, (1–)2–13(–18) mm, glabrous or ± hirsute or villous, glandular-puberulent or-pubescent, lobes (2–)4–8(–15), linear or narrowly oblanceolate to obovate, apex rarely setose. Cauline leaves 1(–2), not paired. Inflorescences 5–50(–70)-flowered, 1–8(–11) cm diam.; glomerules 1–several. Pedicels 1–3(–5) mm. Flowers 5–12 mm diam.; epicalyx bractlets linear to narrowly elliptic, (0.5–)1–3.5(–4) mm; hypanthium turbinate to campanulate, (1.5–)2–4(–4.5) × 2–4(–5) mm; sepals (2–)2.5–5(–6) mm, obtuse to ± acute; petals yellow, narrowly oblanceolate to narrowly spatulate, (1–)1.5–3 mm; stamens 5, filaments 1.3–2.5 mm, anthers yellow, sometimes red-margined, 0.5–1 mm; carpels (1–)2–4(–6), styles 2.5–4.5(–6) mm. Achenes grayish brown to mottled brown, ± 2 mm.
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