Annual herb; rosette tufted; stems erect, usually sparsely hispid, 30-60-(100) cm tall. Lvs dull green, 7-20 × 1-8 cm, at least the lower petiolate. Lamina narrow-ovate to triangular, cuneate at base, sparsely to densely hispid, pinnatifid to 2-pinnatisect, the upper becoming less divided. Pedicels to 30 cm long, with fine spreading hairs throughout. Sepals hispid, 10-20 × 5-10 mm. Petals red, rarely pink or white, 2-4 × 2.5-6 cm, usually with dark, sometimes white, basal blotch. Capsule subglobose to broadly obovoid, widest above 1/2 way, flat-topped, rounded at shortly stipitate base, slightly ribbed, glabrous, 10-15-(20) × 8-15 mm. Stigmatic disc = width of capsule, flat when ripe; rays (5)-8-12-(18).