General:
Perennial herb from a taproot with a stem-base clothed with numerous brown decaying leaf bases; stems curved to erect, simple, bowed, bristly-hairy, 6-18 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves 3-7 cm long, the stalks two-thirds the leaf length, deeply dissected into lanceolate segments, mostly with 1-2 pairs of primary lateral lobes, grey to blue-green above and below, smooth; stem leaves lacking.

Flowers:
Inflorescence of solitary flowers on erect, straight, white bristly-hairy, 15-25 cm stalks, buds erect, 8-14 mm long; petals 4, yellow, rarely pinkish-tinged or brick red, 1.5-2.0 cm long.

Fruits:
Capsules, ellipsoid to oblong, 0.8-1.2 cm long, light brown, straight, appressed hairy.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia