Herbs perennial. Rhizomes stout. Stems suberect or ascending, 30-60 cm tall, angulate, pilose or subglabrous, usually nodes retrorsely appressed hispid. Petiole 1-1.5 cm, narrowly winged, base auriculate, upper ones often shortly petiolate or subsessile; leaf blade 4-8 × 2-4 cm, pinnatifid; terminal lobe triangular, large, apex acuminate; lateral lobes 1-3 pairs, smaller, margin shortly ciliate, both surfaces sparsely strigose or glabrous; ocrea tubular, lax, ca. 1 cm, membranous, pubescent, apex truncate, ciliate. Inflorescence terminal, corymbose or paniculate, capitate, dense, 0.5-1.5 cm in diam.; peduncle glandular hairy; bracts narrowly ovate, margin membranous. Pedicels shorter than bracts, slender. Perianth pinkish or white, 5-parted; tepals narrowly ovate, 3-3.5 mm. Stamens usually 8, included; anthers purple. Styles 3, connate to below middle. Achenes included in persistent perianth, black-brown, opaque, ovoid, trigonous, 2-3 mm.

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