Herbs perennial, caulescent, rhizomes and stolons absent, bulbs absent. Aerial stems usually 2–8 from base, erect to ascending, 10–40 cm, becoming woody proximally, glabrous or very sparsely short-puberulent, <hairs curved-ascending, nonseptate>. Leaves basal and cauline; stipules oblong, margins narrowly flanged, apical auricles absent; petiole 3–8 cm, <hairs nonseptate>; leaflets 3, gray-green, obcordate, 8–15 mm, lobed 1/5–1/3 length, surfaces sparsely strigose, oxalate deposits absent. Inflorescences umbelliform cymes, 1(–3)-flowered; peduncles 2–9 cm. Flowers distylous; sepal apices without tubercles, <surfaces glabrous>; petals yellow, with red lines proximally, 7–11(–13) mm. Capsules angular-cylindric, abruptly tapering to apex, 10–15 mm, strigillose, <hairs very short, nonseptate>.
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