Perennial; rhizome vertical to oblique, rarely horizontal, bearing leaves and stems at apex. Stems up to 15 cm, creeping to ascending, rooted at some nodes, with leaves and flowers at some nodes. Leaves ½-2½ by ½-1¾ cm, (1-)1¼ times as long as broad, ovate, with cordate base, and rounded basal lobes, acute, crenulate or crenate-serrate, especially on basal lobes, upper surface with hairy zone towards margin and glabrous in central portion, glabrous or sparsely pubescent on veins beneath; petiole 1-8 cm, slender, glabrous. Stipules 3-6 by 1-1½ mm, the lower ovate-lanceolate, fimbrio-dentate, the upper lanceolate, dentate near base, all glabrous or sparsely pubescent, fuscous or greenish, adnate to petiole to ½ length or more. Flowers 10-15 mm, white or pale purple, with darker veins; peduncle 4-9 cm, usually exceeding the leaves. Sepals 3-5 by 0.6-1.7 mm, lanceolate, acute, entire, glabrous; appendage 0.4-0.8 mm, rounded, glabrous. Petals 2-3 times as long as broad; the basal obovate; the laterals oblanceolate, bearded; spur 1½-2 mm, exceeding calycine appendages, cylindrical, obtuse. Style 1.2-1.6 mm, geniculate at base, clavate distally, apex with lateral margins fused behind, with stigmatic beak projecting anterior ally and somewhat upcurved. Capsule 5-7 mm, oblong, glabrous.
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