General:
Perennial herb from a rhizome; stems erect to spreading or nearly prostrate, simple to freely branched, 20-60 cm tall, glabrous or sparsely hairy near base.

Leaves:
Basal leaves few, simple, blades 1-3 cm long, heart- to kidney-shaped or egg-shaped, shallowly wavy-margined and lobed; stem leaves compound with 2-4 (6) lanceolate to egg-shaped lateral lobes, the terminal lobe heart-shaped to egg-shaped to widely lanceolate, wavy-margined and toothed to shallowly lobed.

Flowers:
Inflorescence a few-flowered raceme; flower stalks 5-20 mm long, ascending; petals white, spoon- to egg-shaped, 3-6 mm long; sepals 1.5-2.5 mm long.

Fruits:
Siliques, erect, 2-3 cm long, 1-1.5 mm wide; styles 0.5-2 mm long.

Notes:
Two varieties occur in BC:

1. Terminal lobes of lower stem leaves heart-shaped at base..................var. orbicularis (Greene) Detl.

1. Terminal lobes of lower stem leaves cuneate or rounded at base....................... var. breweri

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia