General:
Perennial herb from slender rhizomes and stolons, which produce bulblet-like offsets; stems erect, solitary, simple to branched, 5-20 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves reduced or lacking; stem leaves oblong to elliptic, tapering to the stalk, 4-7, opposite, 1-5 cm long, 0.2-1.8 cm wide.

Flowers:
Inflorescence of erect, terminal and axillary racemes with several flowers (which are sometimes replaced by bulblets) on stalks 8-30 mm long, erect in flower but nodding in bud; floral bract solitary at the base of the lowest stalk; petals 5, white or pink, 5-8 mm long; sepals 2, 2-3 mm long; stamens usually 5.

Fruits:
Capsules 2-3 mm long; seeds black, shiny, densely pimpled, oblong, 1-3 mm long, appendage flattened.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Claytonia chamissoi Ledeb. ex Spreng.
Crunocallis chamissoi (Ledeb. ex Spreng.) Rydb.