Stems (0.8–)1–2.5(–3.5) dm. Basal leaves usually palmate with additional lateral leaflets, sometimes pinnate, 3–10(–14) cm; petiole 1.5–5 cm, vestiture seasonally dimorphic, long hairs abundant, spreading on first-formed leaves, tightly appressed to ascending on later-formed leaves, 1–2 mm, ± stiff (especially on later-formed leaves), cottony and crisped hairs usually absent, glands absent or sparse; leaflets (3–)5 at tip of leaf axis plus 1(–2) additional pair(s) separated from tip by 3–20 mm, on distal 1/10–1/3(–1/2) of leaf axis, largest leaflets oblanceolate-oblong, (0.5–)1.5–2.5(–3) × 0.3–1 cm, ± whole margin incised 1/2–2/3(–3/4) to midvein, teeth (2–)4–9 per side, usually touching to strongly overlapping, sometimes separate, 2–6 mm, surfaces usually strongly dissimilar (less so on first-formed leaves), abaxial usually white, straight hairs ± abundant (mostly on veins), 1–2 mm, cottony or crisped/cottony hairs ± dense (sparser on first-formed leaves), glands absent or obscured, adaxial green (to grayish), straight hairs sparse to common, 0.5–1.5 mm, cottony and crisped hairs absent, glands sparse. Cauline leaves 1–3. Inflorescences 3–20(–30)-flowered. Pedicels 0.5–2 cm (proximal to 3 cm). Flowers: epicalyx bractlets narrowly to broadly lanceolate, 2–5(–6) × 1–1.5 mm; sepals 4–7 mm, apex acute to acuminate; petals 4–8 × 4–8 mm; filaments (0.5–)1–2 mm, anthers 0.3–0.8 mm; carpels 15–30, styles filiform to filiform-tapered, ± papillate-swollen in less than proximal 1/5, 1.5–2 mm. Achenes 1.2–1.6 mm.
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