Perennial herb with spreading rhizomes. Leaves cordate and hairy, to 10 cm or so long and wide with shallow lobes and palmate venation; stipules prominent. Leaf stalk to 20 cm long. Flowers irregular, in a terminal cluster. Sepals 5, the calyx tube cylindrical and separate from the ovary. Petals 4, thread-like, brownish purple. Stamens 3, shorter than the petals. Ovary superior, with 2 beak-like projections. Fruit a capsule.

WNorth America

Grown mostly as an indoor plant for the abundant plantlets.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Saxifragaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.