Perennial herb or suffrutex, up to 2 m in height, lignified at the base, branched, slightly pubescent. Leaves of 2 types: leaves in the middle area of \u200b\u200bthe stems with ovate leaf blade, 3-5 lobed, crenate to dentate, cordate, pubescent on both sides, 4-13 \u00d7 4-12 cm; upper leaves with leaf blade smaller than that of the middle leaves, with 3 lobes (central lobe longer than the lateral lobes), subcordate to subcuneate; all leaves with petiole longer than leaf blade. Inflorescence in racemes. Flowers solitary or arranged in racemes of 2-4 flowers, pedicellate; bract 1, caducous. Epicalyx cup-shaped, with 3 parts, 3-3.5(4) mm, long, ovate, obtuse at the apex, pubescent. Calyx larger than the epicalyx (3-4 times), with 5 sepals, 9-11(12) mm long, with triangular lobes, fused in their lower third. Petals bilobed, cuneate at the base, (2)4-6 cm long, dark pink, claws pink. Anthers reniform. Pollen whitish. Staminal column pubescent, pinkish to whitish. Styles smooth with pink stigmas. Schizocarp with 12-18 mericarps, glabrous, smooth, from striate to verrucose and with very thin lateral walls; mericarps completely enclose the seed and, at maturity, they separate from the fruit axis, leaving 1 membrane between each pair of mericarps. Seed from brown to black, 1.8 \u00d7 2.8 mm, smooth to minutely punctate, reniform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-13074","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n