Herbs perennial, densely or sparsely pilose, sometimes glabrous. Leaves forming a rosette; petiole 5--10 cm; leaf blade broadly ovate to suborbicular, 2--10 cm, usually slightly wider than long, base cordate, palmately lobed to 1/4--1/2 its width; lobes broadly ovate to oblong, dentate to crenate, rarely nearly entire, apex rounded. Scapes 1--3.5(--10) cm; umbels 1 or 2, superimposed, 3--9(--12)-flowered; bracts lanceolate, 5--10 mm. Pedicel 0.5--2.5 cm. Flowers heterostylous. Calyx green or slightly tinged with purple, tubular, 5--12 mm, pubescent to glabrous, parted to middle or slightly below; lobes narrowly lanceolate; veins 3--5, distinct. Corolla pale rose to crimson, pubescent; tube 1--1.3(--1.4) cm; limb 1--1.5(--2) cm wide; lobes broadly obovate, deeply emarginate. Pin flowers: stamens near middle of corolla tube; style ca. as long as tube or slightly exserted. Thrum flowers with positions reciprocal. Capsule ellipsoid, ca. as long as calyx. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jul-Aug. 2n = 24@.
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