Herbs (7-)20-75(-110) cm tall, sparsely pilose or glabrous; rhizomes short. Stems erect, simple at base, branched above. Basal leaves rosulate, somewhat fleshy; petiole (1.5-)3.5-10(-15) cm; leaf blade ovate, deltoid, or oblong, (1-)2-5(-8) × (0.5-)1-3(-5) cm, base cordate or rounded, margin dentate or rarely subentire, apex obtuse or subacute. Middle cauline leaves with petioles (0.3-)1-2.5(-3.5) cm; leaf blade broadly ovate, ovate-deltoid, or rhomboid, (1.5-)3-6(-10) × (0.3-)2-4.5(-6) cm, palmately veined, base truncate or cordate, margin dentate, apex obtuse or acute. Infructescence lax raceme, main branch 6-15 cm. Fruiting pedicels ascending or suberect, 5-1.2(-15) mm. Sepals ovate, 2-3 × 1.5-2.5 mm, caducous. Petals white or pink, spatulate or obovate, (5-)6-8 × 2.5-4 mm. Filaments white, 1.5-2.5 mm, slightly dilated at base; anthers oblong, 0.5-1 mm. Ovules 2-4 per ovary. Fruit lanceolate, oblong, or ovoid, 7-10 × 2-3 mm, often subappressed to rachis, slightly 4-angled, not torulose; valves with a prominent midvein; gynophore to 1 mm; septum perforated or complete; style obsolete or to 1 mm. Seeds oblong, plump, 2.5-3.5 × 1-1.5 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Aug-Sep.
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A herb. It grows 20-75 cm tall. The stems are erect and branched higher up. The leaves at the base are in a ring. They have longer leaf stalks than leaves higher up. The leaves are oblong and 3-6 cm long by 2-5 cm wide.
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