A perennial herbaceous plant, reaches a height of 20-50 cm. Leaves — the lower ones are long — stemmed, 5-10 cm long, pentagonal, finger-divided; the upper ones are sessile, three-divided with linear, toothed lobes. The flowers are bright yellow, reach 2 cm in diameter, single or collected in an inflorescence of a half-cone. There are five sepals; five petals; many stamens and pistils. Blooms in June. The fruit is a polyhedron.