Stems erect or spreading, 4-8 mm thick, hirsute. Basal leaf blades 3-parted, rarely 3-foliolate, ultimate segments elliptic, margins dentate. Flowers: sepals 5, 4-9 mm; petals 5-6, 7-15 × 4-11 mm. Achenes 3-4 × 2.2-2.8 mm, glabrous; beak lanceolate, curved, 1.8-2.4 mm. Flowering spring (May-Jun). Moist places near coast; 0 m; Alaska.