General:
Perennial herb from a taproot with a stem-base clothed with brown decaying leaf bases; stems decumbent to erect, simple, bowed, spreading stiff-hairy, 6-15 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves 2-4 cm long, the stalks half the leaf length or less, twice divided with 1-2 pairs of primary lateral lobes, these often lobed again, whitish to brownish bristly-hairy; stem leaves lacking.

Flowers:
Inflorescence of solitary flowers on brown stiff-hairy stalks; buds nodding, 8-14 mm long; petals 4, white to rose with a basal yellow spot, 12-20 mm long.

Fruits:
Capsules, nearly round to ellipsoid, 10-13 mm long, 1-2.5 times longer than wide, bristly-hairy, the hairs ivory-coloured.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia