UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

Leaves all basal, petiolate, the petiole flattened, 0.4-2 cm. long;

blades ovate to elliptic, fleshy, 0.5-2 cm. long, the base tapered, the margins serrate and hairy, the upper surface glabrous, the lower reddish-brown woolly.

Inflorescence a flat-topped, 5- to 15-flowered, open cyme 2-7 cm. long, with purple-tipped, stalked glands;

sepals 5, spreading to reflexed, ovate;

petals 5, greenish, often purple-margined, not spotted or clawed, lanceolate to obovate, 1.5-2 mm. long, barley longer than the sepals;

stamens 10, the filaments linear and flattened;

pistils 2, distinct almost to base.

Capsules purplish.