Plants 15–60 cm. Leaf blade oblong-ovate, 2–3-pinnatisect; ultimate segments linear, 5–13 × 1–2.5 mm, apex obtuse, mucronate, margins narrowly revolute, both surfaces glabrous. Umbels 3–9 cm across; bracts 5–10, linear-lanceolate, unequal, occasionally the largest one foliaceous; rays 6–20, unequal, sparsely puberulent; bracteoles ca. 10, ovate-lanceolate; umbellules more than 10-flowered. Petals glabrous. Fruit pale yellow when mature, oblong, 6–7 × 4–5 mm; vittae sometimes obscure. Fl. and fr. Jun–Aug.