Montana Field Guide

Perennial from a simple or rarely branched rootstock. Stems 1 to several, erect, 10–40 cm, pubescent below, glandular above. Leaves all basal with broad petioles; the blade 2–10 cm long, spatulate with dentate margins on the upper half. Inflorescence an open, many-flowered panicle; some flowers replaced by tiny plantlets. Flowers: calyx saucer-shaped with lobes 1–2 mm long; hypanthium absent; petals clawed, white, 3–5 mm long, the upper 3 with 2 yellow, basal spots, ovary superior. Capsule 3–6 mm long (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Moist rock ledges, fens, wet, gravelly soil along streams, often in moss; valleys to alpine (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).