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Tuft-like geophyte, 0.2-0.4 m high; subterranean tuber, aerial parts deciduous. Leaves erect, lamina narrowly ovate, up to 250 x 50(-70) mm, segments linear, tripinnately compound; pubescent to pilose, sessile glands interspersed; petioles up to 200 mm long. Stipules narrowly triangular, membranous. Inflorescence an erect, unbranched scape, up to 350 mm long, bearing a 4-12-flowered pseudo-umbel; pedicels 4-16 mm long. Petals 5, light yellowish green, fan-shaped, fimbriate for 1/2-2/3 their length; posterior two 29 x 23 mm, veins light purple; anterior three up to 29 x 25 mm, veins dark purple. Fertile stamens 7; pollen yellow to orange. Flowering time Sept.-Nov.
Dwarf shrub, up to 0.4 m high. Stems hard and tuberous. Leaves petiolate; tripinnately compound; pubescent; blade narrowly ovate in outline, 150-250 x 25-50 mm, segments linear, usually < 1 mm wide, apices of segments acute; petioles 60-130 mm long. Flowers: peduncle with 4-12 flowers in a pseudo-umbel, 150-350 mm long; pedicels 4-16 mm long; petals 5, fimbriate, posterior petals 25-29 x 17-23 mm, light yellow, veins light purple, anterior petals 25-29 x 20-25 mm, dark purple; Sep.-Nov.
A herb or small shrub which forms tubers and over-winters using these. It grows 30-40 cm high and spreads 50-100 cm wide. The roots are thickened and like tubers. The lower leaves are simple, rounded and have teeth. The later leaves are finely divided and like feathers. The flowers have fringed petals. They are pink. There are 2 upper petals and then the lower petals are finely divided into filaments.
