[1] This perennial herb grows up to one-half meter (1 ft 8 in) tall from a thick caudex and taproot.

[1] This plant grows in a variety of habitat types, including grassland, forest, meadow, and sagebrush communities.

It may occur in dry or wet habitat, several soil types, flat territory and slopes, and a range of temperatures.

Plant species occurring with this cinquefoil in multiple habitat types include prairie junegrass (Koeleria macrantha), elk sedge (Carex geyeri), western yarrow (Achillea millefolium), silvery lupine (Lupinus argenteus), common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), and beautiful fleabane (Erigeron formosissimus).

[1] This species was named by the botanist Johann Georg Christian Lehmann for his friend, Charles Friedrich Hipp.