General:
Perennial herb from scaly rhizomes; flowering stems 30-80 cm tall; plants hairy throughout, glandular-hairy above.

Leaves:
Basal leaves heart-shaped, 3-10 cm wide, nearly as long, shallowly 5- to 7-lobed, sharply toothed, hairy, sometimes with small buds at base of leaf blades, long-stalked, the stalks hairy; stem leaves few, similar to the basal, reduced; stipules leaf-like, elliptic, 3-8 mm long, irregularly toothed, short-bristly.

Flowers:
Inflorescence a many-flowered, spike-like, terminal cluster, 10-30 cm long, the flowers irregular; petals usually 4, brownish-purple, 8-12 mm long, thread-like; calyces greenish-purple to brown, free of ovary, the hypanthium tubular, 5-9 mm long, the upper 3 lobes larger than lower 2, the calyx deeply cleft between lower 2; stamens 3.

Fruits:
Capsules, 9-14 mm long, equally 2-valved; seeds about 0.5 mm long, finely spiny.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Tiarella menziesii Pursh