Herbs perennial, 5-25 cm tall, slender, glabrous except for leaves. Rhizomes slender, stoloniferous. Stems simple, branched above, flexuous. Basal leaves not rosulate, often withered by anthesis; petiole 1-1.5 cm; terminal leaflet orbicular, 2-4 mm in diam., with a petiolule 1-4 mm, sparsely pilose, base rounded, margin entire or obscurely lobed; lateral lobes similar to terminal one. Middle and upper cauline leaves pinnatisect, margin scabrous with trichomes to 0.1 mm; petiole 3-8 mm, not auriculate at base; terminal lobe filiform, 1-2.5 cm × 0.4-0.7 mm, base attenuate and decurrent with adjacent lateral lobes, margin entire, apex acute, not mucronate; lateral lobes 1-3 pairs, sessile, decurrent, similar to terminal lobe but smaller. Racemes 2-8-flowered, rachis strongly flexuous. Pedicels of young fruit divaricate, 8-14 mm, slender, soon recurved, glabrous. Sepals ovate, 1.5-2 × 0.8-1 mm, glabrous, membranous at margin and apex. Petals white, obovate or broadly spatulate, 5-6 × 2.5-3 mm. Median filament pairs 2.5-3 mm, filiform; lateral pair 1.5-2 mm; anthers oblong, 0.5-0.6 mm. Median nectar glands oblong, to 0.5 mm. Ovules 8-12 per ovary. Fruit linear, 1.5-2.2 cm × ca. 1 mm; valves glabrous; style 1-1.5 mm. Seeds pale brown, oblong, ca. 1.8 × 0.8 mm, wingless.
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