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Stems erect from a rhizome, to 6 dm, thinly hairy; lvs ovate to oblong or nearly linear, acuminate, truncate to sagittate or cordate at base, 6–12 cm; lower lvs reduced to scales; fls solitary on slender, scaly peduncles from the lowest nodes; perianth S-shaped, enlarged at base and summit, 1–2 cm, the spreading limb madder-purple, unequally or indistinctly 3-lobed; 2n=28. Moist or dry upland woods; Conn. and s. N.Y. to s. Mich., Ill. and Mo., s. to Fla. and Tex. May, June.
A small herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 10-45 cm high and wide. The stems are upright and thin and zigzag. The leaves are heart-shaped and 4-15 cm long. The flowers occur singly and are brown-purple and S shaped. They are 1 cm long. The fruit is a hard capsule.
