Herbs perennial, 30-50 cm tall. Rhizomes straight, stout, with tufted fibrous slender roots, upper surrounded by residual basal stipules. Stem erect, solitary, ribbed, pseudobicentate branched, inverted pubescent, sometimes distally mixed with glandular hairs. Basal and cauline leaves opposite; Stipules ovate-triangular or distally narrowly lanceolate, 5 -- 8 mm long and 1 -- 3 mm wide, basal leaves and lower stem leaves with long stipes, stipes 2 -- 3 times as long as leaf blade, inverted pubescent, petioles tapering or subsessile above stem; Basal leaf blade rose-reniform, 3-5 cm long and 4-9 cm wide, 5-lobed to 2/3, lobes obovate-cuneate, proximally entire, lobes irregularly lobed, cauline leaves 3-lobed to 3/5, lobes long ovate-lobed or broadly cuneate, distal lobes lobed shallowly, apex long acuminate, surface short hairy, abaxially short hispid along veins. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, slightly longer than leaves, pedicels backward pubescent, sometimes mixed glandular hairs, 2-flowered per pedicel; Bracts subulate, 3-4 mm long; Pedicels similar to total pedicels, 2-4 times as long as flowers, usually erect in anthesis and fruition; Sepals long ovate or ovate-elliptic, 5-6 mm long and 2-3 mm wide, apex apiculate, abaxially pubescent along veins and margin, sometimes mixed glandular hairs; Petals white or reddish, obovate, subequal to sepals, inner surface base sparsely pilose; Stamens slightly shorter than sepals, filaments pale brown, proximally extended, ciliate; Pistil short hispid, style branches purplish red. Capsule ca. 2 cm long, pubescent and long hispid. Flowering from June to August, fruiting from August to September. Distributed in Northeast, North, East, central, Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan provinces. Russia far East, Korea and Japan