General:
Perennial herb from taproots; stems erect, simple or branched, 2-10 cm tall; plants glandular-hairy.

Leaves:
Basal leaves in a rosette, oblanceolate to egg-shaped, 5-15 mm long, entire to 3 (5)-toothed or shallowly lobed at tip, gradually narrowed to the stalk-like base, often reddish-purple; stem leaves alternate, similar to the basal, 3 to 10.

Flowers:
Inflorescence a loosely-flowered spike-like cluster; petals white, deciduous, 2- to 3-times length of calyx lobes, clawed, the blades usually egg-shaped; calyces reddish-purple, bell-shaped, 2.5-3.5 mm long, joined to ovary for part of length; calyx lobes 5, triangular egg-shaped, erect, about length of free hypanthium; stamens 10.

Fruits:
Capsules, 3.5-5 mm long; seeds egg-shaped, about 0.5 mm long, brownish-black, nearly smooth.

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

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Muscaria adscendens (L.) Small p.p.
Saxifraga adscendens var. oregonensis (Raf.) Breitung