Stems erect, usually simple, 15–30 cm. Herbage sparsely pubescent. Leaves not clasping, 5-9 cm long. Inflorescence: 1 or 2 pendent flowers on short-hairy pedicels. Flowers yellow-green, streaked reddish; tepals 6–10 mm long with barely spreading tips; stamens ca. equal; style 3-branched. Berry red berry 5–6 mm long (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).