life
cycle – perennial,
reproducing by seed
stems – upright,
branching, multiply from base, hairy, hollow growth habit
leaves – alternate,
round to kidney-shaped in outline, palmately lobed (3)5-7,
lobes sessile and further divided into narrow lobes, long petioles,
upper leaves less divided – often
3 and short stalked or sessile, soft hairs above and below leaves 1, leaves 2, leaves 3
flowers – 5-petaled,
golden yellow and glossy, petals overlapping, sepals spreading,
long stalked; clusters terminal and axillary above flowers, flower sepals
