A cabbage family herb. It is a small herb. It has lower leaves in a ring. It keeps growing from year to year. It has spreading rhizomes or underground stems. It grows 10-15 cm high and spreads 10-20 cm wide. The leaves can vary in shaped. They may be spoon shaped and not have lobes or be rounded and have deep lobes. The flowers are white. The petals are rounded and 4-6 mm long. The sepals are purple with white marks. They occur in bunches at the ends of stems which do not have leaves. The fruit are narrow and 2-3 cm long. They are on spreading stems.
Plant robust. Leaves pinnate and pinnatisect with a large terminal ovate or reniform lobe.