General:
Perennial herb with a massive, more or less woody underground stock bearing thick-branched roots; stems erect, simple, single to several, 1-6 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves numerous, forming rosettes, elliptic to egg-shaped, the blades 1-5 cm long, narrowing to a membranous-margined stalk 1-3 times as long as the blade; stem leaves paired, opposite, free, reduced, linear-oblanceolate, 1-3 cm long.

Flowers:
Inflorescence of round-topped racemes with 2-9 flowers on stalks 5-40 mm long, bracts present on all flowers; petals white to pink or dark rose, 5-9 mm long, joined at the base; sepals 2, 3-8 mm long, turning reddish with age.

Fruits:
Capsules, 3-valved, egg-shaped, 4-5 mm long; seeds 1-6, round, black, shining, 2-3 mm long.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia