Plants 2–20 cm. Basal leaves: petioles present; blade oblanceolate to lanceolate, to 10 cm; margins shallowly lobed, lobes rounded. Cauline leaves: petioles usually present, rarely absent; blade broadly ovate to lanceolate, to 10 cm, base not cordate-clasping, margins dentate to serrate. Bracts green, inconspicuous, not concealing pedicel, ovary, or capsule. Flowers: petals pale yellow to white, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 6–12 mm, apex acute; stamens 3–12 mm (fertile 3–8 mm), 1/2 to ± equal petal length, 1–3(–5) outermost staminodial and petaloid (flowers appearing to have 6–8(–10) petals); filaments heteromorphic, 1–3(–5) outermost oblanceolate, inner linear, all unlobed; style 5–6.5 mm. Capsules cylindric to ovoid, 9–13 × 5–7 mm, proximal nodding, distal erect. Seeds constricted and grooved at middle; seed coat anticlinal cell walls straight, obscure. 2n = 20.
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