Small sparsely hairy to glabrate rosette herb with slender radical lvs on petioles ± 16 mm.; sheath ± 14 × 3 mm., membr. Lamina c. 9 × 10 mm., broad obovate-cuneate, 3-lobed to middle, brown-flecked. Scape ± 5 cm. long, rather stout, hairs long. Sepals 5, fugaceous, c. 3 × 2 mm., broad-ovate, sparsely hairy; petals us. 5, ovate to obovate or spathulate, ± 5 × 2 mm., pale yellow; gland 1 basal. Fruiting heads small; achenes glab., somewhat turgid; style short, a little recurved.

2n = 32

Tufted perennial, occasionally forming offset rosettes, to 5 cm tall; rhizome 0. Lvs elliptic to obovate, sometimes almost orbicular, often dark-blotched, 3-fid up to 1/2 way, glabrous, or hairy especially on petiole. Fls solitary, 8-10 mm diam.; scapes very short at flowering, elongating at fruiting, pilose except for glabrous tip. Sepals spreading, glabrous. Petals 5, yellow, oblong-obovate; nectary single, 1-1.5 mm from petal base, shallow, pocket-like. Receptacle hairy. Achenes 15-25, hardly flattened, glabrous, often purple-tipped; body 1.5-2 mm long; beak curved, 0.3 mm long.