Waldsteinia Willd.

Herbs, perennial, ?scapose?, often mat-forming, 1–4 dm, strigose; rhizomatous. Stems 1–20+, ± erect. Leaves deciduous, basal, ?sometimes clustered around scape?, simple or compound; stipules adnate to petiole base, narrow, ?scarious?, margins entire; petiole present; blade ± rounded, deeply cordate, ?ternate or 3–5(–7)-lobed?, 3–5 cm, herbaceous, margins flat, when lobes usually shallow, dentate, ?often with large teeth distally?, venation palmate, surfaces strigose or hirsute. Inflorescences terminal, 3–8-flowered, panicles, open, ?± as long as petioles, elongating somewhat in fruit?; bracts present; bracteoles absent. Pedicels present. Flowers 8–20 mm diam.; epicalyx bractlets 0 [5, minute]; hypanthium broadly obconic to obcampanulate, slightly contracted at mouth, 2–4 mm, strigose or glabrous; sepals 5, spreading, triangular; petals 5, yellow, obovate to elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, or suborbiculate; stamens 50–70, ± equal to petals, ?filaments persistent?; torus not evident, ?receptacle base villous?; carpels 3–7, short-villous; ovule 1. Fruits aggregated achenes, 3–7, broadly crescent-shaped, 1.5–2.5 mm, short-villous; hypanthium persistent; sepals persistent, ± reflexed; styles deciduous, not hooked. x = 7.