Twiggy shrub, up to 1.5 m tall, with brittle branches from a massive partly exposed tuber. Leaves clustered on short shoots, with slender petioles, blade round, 15-20 mm diam., margin shallowly incised. Flowers 3-5 per very short peduncle, on pedicels 2-10 mm long, ± 20 mm diam., petals 5, purple, hypanthium ± 5 mm long.
Deciduous shrub to 1.5 m, with twiggy and brittle branches from a massive and partly exposed tuber. Leaves round, margin shallowly incised, roughly hairy, 1.5-2.0 cm diam. Flowers 3-5 on very short peduncles, ± 20 mm diam., purple; hypanthium ± 5 mm long, shorter than pedicel.
A herb.