Herbs perennial. Roots robust, terete. Flowering stems erect or ascending, 10–20 cm tall, together with petioles pilose, pubescent, and glandular hairy. Radical leaves 4–10 cm including petiole; stipules dark brown, membranous, abaxially pilose, pubescent, and glandular; leaf blade pinnate with 4–8 pairs of leaflets; leaflets opposite or alternate, at intervals of 3–8 mm, elliptic, oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, usually 1–2 × 0.5–1 cm, abaxially pubescent and glandular, adaxially pilose and granular glandular, base ± decurrent and adnate to rachis in apical 2 or 3 pairs of leaflets, margin pinnately parted nearly to midvein; segments fasciated, apex obtuse; cauline leaves resembling radical ones but leaflets reduced to 2 pairs in upper leaves; stipules green, herbaceous, abaxially pilose and glandular, margin entire or 1- or 2-fid, apex acuminate. Inflorescence laxly corymbose-cymose. Flowers ca. 1.5 cm in diam.; pedicel 1–3.5 cm, pubescent and glandular. Sepals triangular-ovate, apex acute; epicalyx segments elliptic-lanceolate, shorter than or nearly equaling sepals, pilose and granular glandular, apex obtuse or acute. Petals yellow, broadly obovate, 0.5–1 × as long as sepals, apex emarginate. Stamens ca. 20. Carpels numerous; style thickened at base; stigma dilated. Achenes not seen. Fl. and fr. Jul–Aug.

This species is used medicinally.

Alpine meadows; 3400--4200 m. Sichuan, Xizang.