Stems 4–15 cm, mostly solitary. Leaves mainly basal, 3–10 cm long; blades deeply pinnately lobed into serrate, ovate segments 2–10 mm long. Inflorescence villous, densely flowered, 2–7 cm long; bracts leaf-like. Flowers: calyx 9–12 mm long, 5-lobed, the lobes 1–3 mm long; corolla yellow, 15–25 mm long; galea 7–10 mm long without a beak
(Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX)..