Stems to 50 cm and more, terete, striate, lower portion ascendent with rosettes at the base, glabrous, unbranched, upper portion dichotom-ously later sympodially branched, densely hirsute, hairs to 2 mm. Leaves rather densely in the lower portion, upwards more remote; sheaths 5-8 by 3-5 mm, semi-amplexicaulous, tapering into the petiole, glabrous, margin long-ciliate with partly glandular hairs to 3 mm; petioles 7-20 cm, upwards gradually shorter, uppermost ones nearly absent, towards the lamina densely hirsute with glandular hairs to 3 mm; lamina of the rosette leaves and lower leaves 4½ by 7½ cm, roundish-cordate to subreniform, 3-5-partite to ternate, segments rhomboid-ovate, middle ones trifid with 2-3-lobate parts, all segments moreover serrate with broad, subacuminate to subapiculate teeth, sparsely pilose with partly glandular appressed hairs, to 2 cm especially towards the margin and in the incisions. Umbels opposite the leaves and in the bifurcations; peduncles to 10 cm, shorter towards the end of the stems, towards the top with glandular hairs; involucres 6-8, 7-10 by 1-1½ mm, lanceolate, acute, glabrous or long-ciliate; pedicels ±30, 7-9 mm, inner ones shorter, glabrous. Calyx teeth nearly ¼ mm, broad-triangular. Petals 1½-2by 1-½ mm, obovate. Styles ± 1½ mm. Mericarps (unripe) 2 by 3¼ mm, glabrous.
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