Herbs, perennial, 30-60 cm tall. Taproot columnar, 0.5-2 cm in diam., fleshy; caudex simple or several branched. Stems densely scaberulose. Basal leaves oblanceolate, pinnatifid, with 2-4 pairs of segments, wilted at anthesis. Cauline leaves petiolate; petiole 1-2 cm; blade ovate-lanceolate, 4-10 × 1-2 cm, leathery, scaberulose, pinnatifid to pinnatisect, with 1-5 pairs of lateral segments; terminal segment larger, oblanceolate; lateral segments falcate-linear, entire, apices obtuse or acute. Inflorescence corymbiform; lateral branches 3 or 4, hispidulous; involucral bracts linear, entire or 2-or 3-segmented. Calyx reduced. Corolla yellow, funnelform, gibbous, 6.5-9 mm; limb 5-lobed, 5-7 mm wide. Stamens 4; longer filaments ca. 4 mm, shorter filaments ca. 3 mm. Ovary ca. 1 mm, scabridulous; style ca. 4 mm. Achenes columnar; bracteoles broadly ovate or oblong-orbicular, 7-9 × 5-7 mm, 2-veined, rarely 3-veined, apex rounded, entire or shallowly 3-lobed. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Aug-Sep.
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