Perennial herb, (6)10-15 cm tall, stems tall out of leaves, densely spreading pilose. Leaflets pinnately 5-foliolate, thickly textured, terminal leaflet shortly petiolate, upper pair of lateral leaflets sessile, leaflets obovate or elliptic, 1-4 cm long, 0.6-3 cm wide, apically rounded, terminal leaflet base cuneate, lateral leaflet base oblique, margin notched serrate, serrations acute or obtuse, lower pair of leaflets much smaller than the upper pair of leaflets, shortly petiolate or sessile, 0.6-1 cm long, 0.4-0.8 cm wide; leaflet base obovate or elliptic, 1-4 cm long, 0.4-0.8 cm wide; leaflets densely spreading pilose. 0.6-1 cm long, 0.4-0.8 cm wide; petiole 2-8 cm long, densely spreading pilose. Inflorescences cymose, with (1)2-3(4) flowers, basal bracts pale brown or stipitate leaflets, pedicels 1.5-2 cm; sepals 5, ovoid-lanceolate, outside pubescent, wider than epicalyx segments, epicalyx segments lanceolate, subequal to sepals, apically occasionally 2-lobed; petals white, suborbicular, basally shortly clawed; 20 stamens, unequal in length; pistils numerous. Aggregate fruit ovoid, red, persistent sepals conspicuously reflexed; achenes ovoid, base with few veins only. Fl. April-May, fr. May-June.