Plant: perennial herb Leaves: all basal, lower surface covered with brown, woolly hairs; blades ovate-elliptic, 1-3 cm long, the base attenuate, the margin serrate; petiole 0.6-2.5 cm long, flattened INFLORESCENCE: 6-25 cm tall, usually much branched and open, covered with pink to purple-tipped glandular hairs Flowers: more than 10; sepals erect, triangular, pink to reddish; petals 4-7 mm long, 2-3 times longer than sepals, oblanceolate-obovate, white to pink; filaments lanceolate, sometimes pink; anthers usually pink-purple; ovary more or less superior; nectaries ribbon-like Fruit: FRUITS 2(-3) valved; SEEDS smooth to ridged Misc: Wet banks and slopes; 1200-2700 m (4000-9000 ft); Mar-Jul Notes: CAUDEX simple to branched; bulblets 0 NOTES: Elvander, Patrick. 1992. Saxifragaceae. Ariz.-Nev. Acad. Sci. 26(1)2.