Biennial or perennial starting as a tufted rosette; stems stout, glabrous, glaucous, erect or ascending, 20-30-(50) cm tall. Lvs glaucous. Lower lvs obovate; lamina 2-pinnatifid or pinnate, petiolate, hairy on both surfaces, (10)-15-30-(50) × (3)-5-10 cm; leaflets lobed or toothed. Upper lvs smaller, ovate to triangular, shallowly pinnatifid or lobed, sessile, amplexicaul, sparsely to densely hairy above, glabrous or sparsely hairy beneath. Pedicel stout, glabrous, 1-2 cm long. Sepals sparsely to densely hairy, 2-3 × c. 1.5 cm. Petals yellow, broadly obovate, c. 3 × 4 cm. Capsule tuberculate throughout length but not hairy, often curved, (150)-200-300 × 4-7 mm.