E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia

General:
Annual herb from a fibrous root, without stolons; stems prostrate to ascending, angled, often branched from the base, 10-30 cm tall/long.

Leaves:
Basal leaves few, soon deciduous; stem leaves rounded below, oblong to heart-shaped or elliptic upwards, toothed; stipules leaflike, 8-14 mm long, deeply lobed, the lobes 5-9, the terminal lobe largest.

Flowers:
Inflorescence of single, axillary flowers; petals 5, blue-violet with yellow bases, sometimes yellow, the lower petal 10-16 mm long including the 1- to 2-mm long spur, the lower 3 black-pencilled at the base; sepals 5, broadly lanceolate, with earlike lobes at the base, fringed; style heads smooth.

Fruits:
Capsules, smooth, egg-shaped, 5-8 mm long; seeds light brown.