Tufted perennial; roots fibrous. Petioles, scapes, leaf-undersurface and margins densely appressed-hirsute. Leaves with petioles 1–9 cm long; lamina elliptic, 8–30 mm long, entire or with 1 or 2 teeth near acute apex; base obtuse or cuneate; upper surface with rigid sub-appressed hairs. Flowering stems 1-flowered, 2–16 cm long, usually overtopping 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 stout, straight, often hooked at apex, 1–1.5 mm long.
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