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Plants erect, 1–3.5 dm, usually with long stolons; basal lvs broadly cordate-ovate to subrotund, shallowly 3–5-lobed, crenate, sparsely hairy; raceme at first crowded, later to 1 dm; pedicels 5–10 mm; sep elliptic-obovate, 2–3.5 mm, blunt; pet 3–5 mm; fr thin-walled, the larger carpel 10 mm, the smaller one often only half as long; 2n=14. Rich woods; N.S. to Ont. and e. Wis., s. to Ga. and Ala. Spring. Var. collina Wherry (T. wherryi Lakela), without stolons, occurring n. as far as Ky. andVa., is of doubtful status.
A herb. It grows 30 cm high and spreads 40-50 cm wide. It has underground stems or rhizomes. The leaves are hairy and have lobes. There are teeth along the edge. The leaves are heart shaped and 10 cm long. The flower is white. They are in fine sprays. The flower stalks are thin.
