E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia

General:
Perennial herb from compact, fleshy underground stolon; stems often clumped, 7-30 cm tall, densely short stiff-hairy, lacking lines of hairs, with fleshy winter buds at base.

Leaves:
Leathery, egg-shaped and blunt-tipped below, narrowly egg-shaped and pointed above, 1.5-3 cm long, 7-12 mm wide, sparsely short stiff-hairy, also densely hairy on midrib and margins; unstalked.

Flowers:
Inflorescence erect; petals 3.8-5 mm long, white and often red-tinged at tips; sepals 2-3.2 mm long, sparsely glandular-hairy, often purplish-red; anthers 0.4-0.6 mm long; ovaries 1-1.8 cm long, stiff-short- and glandular-hairy; styles 2-2.3 mm long; stigmas nearly globe-shaped.

Fruits:
Capsules, 3-4.5 cm long, 2-3 mm wide; seeds narrowly egg-shaped, 1.7-2.2 mm long, tuft of hairs white, 10-15 mm long, readily detaching.