Plants solitary or in clusters, rhizomatous. Leaves basal; petiole ± distinct, flattened, (0.5-)1-3.5 cm; blade rhombic or fan-shaped, sometimes nearly round, (1-)1.5-3.5 cm, ± fleshy, base attenuate to ± cuneate, margins 7-11-toothed in distal 1/2-2/3 (teeth 1-3 mm), sparsely ciliate, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences 3-15-flowered, usually racemiform, sometimes paniculiform thyrses, 3-15 cm, axis glabrous or sparsely long-hairy, branches ± densely (rarely sparsely) long tangled-hairy; (bracts reduced). Flowers: sepals reflexed, lanceolate to ovate; petals white to cream, sometimes purplish, not spotted, linear to narrowly elliptic, not clawed, 2-4 mm, longer than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate 1/2+ their lengths, (conic); ovary ± 1/2 inferior. Capsules purple-black, valvate. 2n = 24.
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