Tufted perennial; roots fibrous. Stems, petioles and leaf-undersurface densely appressed-hirsute. Leaves mostly basal; petiole 2–15 cm long; lamina ovate in outline, 15–40 mm long, trifoliolate; leaflets ternately to biternately dissected into acute, linear-lanceolate lobes. Flowering stems 1-flowered, 5–24 cm high. Sepals 5, spreading, ± elliptic, hairy below. Petals 5, obovate-cuneate, 7–12 mm long, golden-yellow; nectary near petal-base, with lobe oblong, 0.7–1.5 mm long, emarginate or obtuse, free for up to half its length. Stamens 35–65. Pistils 35–65. Receptacle glabrous in stamen zone, hirsute above. Achenes sublenticular, obovate-cuneate to semiorbicular, 2.5–3.5 mm long; margins narrowly ridged; faces smooth; beak 0.8–1.5 mm long, arching, tip recoiled.
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