[1] It is native to western North America from British Columbia to central California (Sierra Nevada range) and Nevada, where it grows in moist meadows, woods, and mountain forests.

It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing up to about 30 or 40 centimeters tall.

They have rounded blades several centimeters wide and edges divided into dull toothed lobes.

The erect inflorescence bears several flowers, sometimes over 50, usually along one side of the stem.

The distinctive flower is saucer-shaped with five greenish petals which are divided into narrow, whiskerlike lobes.