Short-rhizomatous. Stems 30–70 cm. Basal leaves long-petiolate; blades 2–6 cm long, ovate to elliptic, entire or with a pair of basal lobes. Stem leaves short-petiolate; blades 3–10 cm long with 1 to 3 pairs of oblanceolate to ovate lateral lobes and a larger terminal lobe. Inflorescence hemispheric, 1–3 cm across, sparsely glandular-puberulent. Flowers perfect and female; corolla white, 3–4 mm long, lobes ca. as long as the tube. Achenes lanceolate, 4–6 mm long, mostly glabrous (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).