General:
Perennial herb from thick stem-bases with short rhizomes, sometimes with bulblets; flowering stem 1, 10-30 cm tall, hairy to nearly smooth below, glandular-hairy above, the glands mostly reddish or purplish.

Leaves:
Basal leaves egg-shaped, 2-7 cm long, 1-4 cm wide, gradually tapered at base, entire or minutely toothed, usually fringed, sometimes smooth, but often with rusty, tangled hairs below; stalks 5-40 mm long; stem leaves lacking.

Flowers:
Inflorescence a terminal cluster of flowers, conical and open-branched, the bracts usually linear to linear-lanceolate, some with rusty, woolly hairs; petals usually whitish or yellowish, 2-4 mm long, egg-shaped, narrowed to a slightly clawed base, deciduous; calyces cone-shaped, joined to the base of the ovary, free hypanthium absent, the lobes egg-shaped, 1-2 mm long, spreading, sometimes bent back; stamens 10.

Fruits:
Follicles, 3.5-5 mm long, often reddish or purplish; seeds brown, about 0.6 mm long, lightly wrinkled lengthwise.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Saxifraga integrifolia Hook.