Japan Flora: Stems slender, short, much-branched, tufted; leaves lanceolate-cuneate, 4-10 mm. long, 2-3 mm. wide, sessile, 3-lobed, the lobes narrowly ovate, short-awned, scattered glandular-hairy on margin; stems 3-7 cm. long, scattered glandular-hairy, loosely leafy; inflorescence 1- to 3-flowered, the pedicels short glandular-hairy; calyx-lobes ovate-oblong, 3-4 mm. long; petals narrowly oblong, subobtuse, 3-nerved, 5-7 mm. long, with small spots; stamens about 5 mm. long, the filaments subulate; styles sknden Rocky places in alpine regions.