[1] It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows on rocky slopes and cliffs.

They are green to reddish-green or purple-green in color and may have very long, gland-dotted petioles.

The plant produces an erect inflorescence up to a meter high bearing many clusters of pink, white, or greenish flowers.

Each rounded flower has fleshy, hairy lobes tipped with tiny petals and protruding stamens and stigma.

Native Americans pounded the root to make a poultice.