It is a perennial herb or subshrub growing up to 1 ft (0.30 m) tall.

[3] It has a Circumboreal distribution and can be found throughout the northern latitudes of Eurasia and North America.

[5] The plant is mostly self-pollinating; it does not even bother to attract pollinators with the scent of its flowers or by secreting nectar.

[6] The blades are 2-5 cm wide[6] and simple and basal in arrangement.

[4] They are quite thin, broadly elliptic with a round or abruptly tapering tip.