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General:
Perennial herb from taproots; stems erect, simple or branched, 2-10 cm tall; plants glandular-hairy.
Leaves:
Basal leaves in a rosette, oblanceolate to egg-shaped, 5-15 mm long, entire to 3 (5)-toothed or shallowly lobed at tip, gradually narrowed to the stalk-like base, often reddish-purple; stem leaves alternate, similar to the basal, 3 to 10.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a loosely-flowered spike-like cluster; petals white, deciduous, 2- to 3-times length of calyx lobes, clawed, the blades usually egg-shaped; calyces reddish-purple, bell-shaped, 2.5-3.5 mm long, joined to ovary for part of length; calyx lobes 5, triangular egg-shaped, erect, about length of free hypanthium; stamens 10.
Fruits:
Capsules, 3.5-5 mm long; seeds egg-shaped, about 0.5 mm long, brownish-black, nearly smooth.
Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
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