General:
Annual or sometimes biennial herb from a taproot; stems prostrate to erect, stiff-hairy and glandular-hairy, 10-50 cm long.

Leaves:
Basal leaves few, rounded in outline, long-stalked, 1.5-7 cm wide, palmately divided into 5-9 broad irregularly toothed and lobed segments; stem leaves few, similar, opposite, short-stalked.

Flowers:
Inflorescence of axillary clusters of usually 2 short-stalked flowers; petals purple, 2-4 mm long, notched; sepals about equal to the petals, callous-tipped; stamens fertile, 5, not fused basally.

Fruits:
Carpels, soft-hairy; styles 7-9 mm long, the beak less than 1 mm long or beakless; seeds glabrous.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia