Tufted perennial; roots fibrous. Basal leaves with petioles 2.5–25 cm long; lamina orbicular to deltate in outline, 1–6.5 cm long, pinnate with 3–5 ternately or biternately lobed, often dentate leaflets, sparsely to densely pilose; stem-leaves less divided, grading into the uppermost sessile, linear or lanceolate bracts. Flowering stems 12–50 cm high, 2–4-flowered, pilose below, appressed-hairy above. Sepals 5, spreading, elliptic or ovate, 4–7 mm long, sparsely hirsute (rarely glabrous) below. Petals 5–8, obovate-cuneate, 8–14 mm long, obtuse or truncate, golden-yellow; nectary near petal-base, pocket-like, 1–2 mm long, with lobe oblong, free for c. half its length. Stamens 30–45. Pistils 40–70. Receptacle glabrous or sparsely hirsute in stamen zone, hirsute above. Achenes ovate to ovate-cuneate, 3–4.5 mm long, compressed; marginal ridges prominent; beak (1.8–) 2.5 (–3) mm long, straight or arching with recurved tip.
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