It is a robust herbaceous perennial plant growing up to tall. It has broadly ovate and somewhat glaucous leaves that are often deeply dissected. The alternate leaves are usually divided into a petiole and a leaf blade. The smooth or hairy leaf blade is simple or one to two-pinnate. The leaflets are lobed three to eleven times. The leaf margin is smooth to roughly serrated. The lower leaves are long and inches wide. The upper leaves are long and wide. Long rhizomes are formed as persistence organs with fibrous roots. The stem is bare.
