Plant: Perennial herb Leaves: blades 2-6 cm long, circular-cordate, moderately 7-10 lobed, the lobes crenate; petioles usually densely glandular hairy to hirsute, 2-15 cm long INFLORESCENCE: contracted elongate panicles, almost racemose above, 30-40 cm tall Flowers: 4-6 mm long, cream to yellow-green, glandular puberulent; portion of hypanthium fused to ovary 1-2 mm long, ovoid, shorter than free part; sepals equal, oblong-ovate, occasionally green-tipped, erect; petals 1.5-2.5 mm long, more or less equal to sepals, narrowly oblanceolate; stamens shorter than sepals, the anthers yellow; mature styles shorter than sepals Fruit: FRUITS 2-valved; SEEDS smooth to ridged Misc: Chaparral hillsides and rocky woodlands; 1500-2450 m (5000-8000 ft); Apr-Jun REFERENCES: Elvander, Patrick. 1992. Saxifragaceae. Ariz.-Nev. Acad. Sci. 26(1)2.