Perennial from a stout rhizome, with a few long-petioled basal lvs, these pedately cleft into 5-7 cuneately laciniate segments; stems erect, 3-7 cm, with a single pair of short-petioled lvs; fls few-several; cal and pedicels pubescent but not glandular; pet pink (white), 12-18 mm, entire; mature pedicels suberect; frs erect, 3-4 cm, including the 5-8 mm stylar beak. Common in woods; Me. to S.C. and n. Ga., w. to Man., Neb., and ne. Okla. Apr.-June.
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.