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General:
Perennial herb from slender rhizomes; stems succulent, erect, 3-15 cm tall, generally branched above, trailing shoots (stolons) leafy.
Leaves:
Basal leaves round-to kidney-shaped, 5-20 mm wide, round-toothed, noticeably veined above (in live plants), often coarse white-hairy, the stalks 1-3.5 cm long, mostly smooth, sometimes red soft-hairy; stem leaves usually 2, sometimes 1 or 3, kidney to fan-shaped, shallowly lobed, smooth.
Flowers:
Inflorescence terminal, of clusters of 5 to 12 flowers, the flowers short bell-shaped, 2.5-5 mm across, the inner flowers larger than outer; bracts yellow, fan- to egg-shaped, lobed; petals lacking; calyces joined to lower half of ovaries; sepals 4, spreading, golden-yellow, 3-veined, the outer pair usually slightly wider than long, the tips rounded or blunt and often curved back, the inner pair similar but narrower so usually longer than wide; stamens 2 to 8, usually 5 to 8 in inner flowers, 2 to 4 in outer; styles 0.3-0.4 mm long, the disk narrow and entire.
Fruits:
Capsules, the free portion 2-lobed; seeds smooth, 0.7-0.9 mm long, light brown.
Notes:
Included by some authors in the European C. alternifolium L., but it is quite distinct (Packer 1991).
Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
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