Herbs perennial, (4-)6-18(-25) cm tall, often sparsely pilose at least basally. Rhizomes slender, thickened at stem base, with 1 or few stolons. Stems erect or decumbent, slender, simple or few branched. Basal leaves 1-3, 3-or 5(or 7)-foliolate, rarely simple; petiole 1-4(-5.5) cm; terminal leaflet broadly obovate or rarely ovate, 2-12 × 3-14 mm, with a petiolule 1-6(-8) mm, base subtruncate, cordate, or rounded, margin entire and obscurely 5-lobed or-crenate, apically subtruncate or obtusely 3-lobed; lateral leaflets 1(-3) pairs, subsessile or petiolulate, resembling terminal leaflet, or not lobed and oblong or ovate, smaller. Cauline leaves 1 or 2(or 3), 3(or 5)-foliolate; petiole 0.5-1.5 cm, not auriculate at base; terminal and lateral leaflets similar to those of basal leaves; petiolule 0.5-3 mm. Racemes lax, 2-8-flowered, rachis straight. Fruiting pedicels ascending or divaricate, 0.5-1.5(-2) cm, straight, glabrous. Sepals ovate or oblong, 2-3 × 1-1.4 mm, glabrous, lateral pair subsaccate. Petals white, obovate or spatulate, 5-8 × 2.5-4 mm, not clawed, apex rounded. Median filament pairs 3-4.5 mm, slender; lateral pair 2-3 mm; anthers oblong, 0.8-1 mm. Ovules 8-12 per ovary. Young fruit glabrous. Mature fruit and seeds not seen. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jul-Sep.
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