Stems (0.5–)1.5–4.5 dm, lengths 2–4(–5) times basal leaves. Basal leaves pinnate, 3–15(–20) cm; petiole 1–10(–15) cm, long hairs dense, appressed, 1.5–2.5 mm, usually stiff, short and crisped hairs usually absent, cottony hairs absent, glands sparse, often obscured; leaflets often conduplicate, lateral ones evenly paired, (3–)4–6(–7) per side on distal 1/3–2/3 of leaf axis, distal pairs ± decurrent, often confluent with terminal leaflet, larger leaflets narrowly cuneate or oblanceolate to obovate, 1–3(–4) × 0.2–0.8(–1) cm, distal 1/4–1/2(–2/3) or less of margin incised ± 1/4 or less to midvein, teeth (0–)1–5(–9) per side, 1–2 mm, surfaces ± similar to ± dissimilar, abaxial silvery to greenish, long hairs usually dense (at least on primary veins), 1–2 mm, stiff, short-crisped hairs absent or sparse, cottony hairs usually absent, glands sparse to common, often obscured, adaxial ± green, long hairs sparse to common, sometimes absent, short, crisped, and cottony hairs absent, glands sparse. Cauline leaves 1–3(–4). Inflorescences (5–)10–30-flowered. Pedicels 0.5–2(–4) cm. Flowers: epicalyx bractlets lanceolate, 1.5–4.5 × 0.5(–1) mm, 1/2–2/3 as long as sepals, abaxial vestiture similar to or ± sparser than sepals, not glabrescent, straight hairs common, crisped or cottony hairs usually absent; hypanthium 2.5–5 mm diam.; sepals (3–)4–7 mm, apex acute to long acuminate; petals (3–)4.5–7.5(–8) × 4–6 mm; filaments 1–3 mm, anthers 0.6–1.1 mm; carpels 5–20, styles 1.6–2.6 mm. Achenes 1.4–1.7 mm, smooth or slightly rugose.
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