Plants perennial, caulescent, stoloniferous, 10–30 cm; stolons green or reddish, leafy, sometimes rooting at nodes, becoming lignified in age. Stems 1–5, prostrate, spreading, glabrous or sparsely puberulent, from current and/or previous year’s growth, on usually vertical, fleshy rhizome, rooting and forming rosettes at or near tip; rooted rosettes often develop into an erect, fleshy caudex from which new stems are produced. Leaves evergreen, basal and cauline; basal: 1–6(–10); stipules deltate to ovate or linear-lanceolate, margins entire or glandular-toothed, apex acute to long-acuminate; petiole 2–16 cm, glabrous; blade often purple-spotted abaxially and/or adaxially, orbiculate to ovate, 1–4.5 × 2–3.9 cm, base cordate to truncate, margins crenate, eciliate, apex blunt to obtuse, mucronulate, surfaces glabrous or with scattered bristles on one or both surfaces; cauline similar to basal except: stipules deltate to lanceolate, margins entire or sparingly toothed; petiole 0.3–3 cm; blade 1.2–2.2 × 1.2–2 cm. Peduncles 5–10 cm, glabrous. Flowers: sepals lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, margins eciliate, auricles 1–2 mm; petals lemon-yellow on both surfaces, lower 3 and sometimes upper 2 brownish purple-veined, lateral 2 bearded, lowest 8–17 mm, spur yellow or whitish, gibbous, 1–2.5 mm; style head bearded; cleistogamous flowers axillary. Capsules mottled with purple, spherical to ovoid, 5–8 mm, glabrous. Seeds brown, tinged purple, 2–2.5 mm. 2n = 24, 48.
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A low spreading plant. It grows 5-10 cm high and spreads 20-45 cm wide. The leaves are broadly oval and pointed. It keeps its leaves. The leaves are 30 mm long and wide and have teeth and are slightly downy. The flowers are yellow and have brown veins. They are 25 mm wide.
Moist woods. Redwood forests, other coastal forests, Douglas fir, other coniferous forests; at elevations from 30-1,400 metres.
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It suits hardiness zones 6-9.
Can be grown by divisions or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
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