Tufted perennial; roots fibrous. Petioles, scapes, and leaf-undersurface densely appressed-hirsute. Leaves with petioles 0.5–2.5 cm long, shorter than lamina; lamina elliptic to obovate, 9–28 mm long, obtuse or cuneate at base, entire or often with 2 rather long teeth near acute apex; margins and upper surface with rigid spreading hairs. Flowering stems 1-flowered, 2–4 cm long, usually shorter than leaves. Sepals 5, spreading, elliptic to narrowly ovate, 5–12 mm long, with short appressed hairs below. Petals 5, obovate-cuneate, 7–22 mm long, golden-yellow; nectary near petal-base, in a shallow pocket, with or without a free triangular lobe 0.5 mm long. Stamens 15–70. Pistils 30–120. Receptacle glabrous in stamen zone, sparsely hirsute above. Achenes lenticular, 2–3 mm long; margins narrowly ridged; lateral faces smooth; beak straight or shortly hooked, 1.2–2.2 mm long.
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