Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to Washington.

Habitat: Damp slopes and rocky crevices at high elevations, blossoming as snow recedes.

Flowers: June-August

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Threatened in Washington (WANHP)

Scapose perennial from a thick, fibrous root, glabrous throughout.

: Leaves all basal, the petioles up to 15 cm. long, the blades reniform, 1.5-4 cm. broad, deeply 3- to 5-lobed, the main segments overlapping, usually 2-3 lobed half their length and deeply round-toothed.

Scapes 1-flowered, naked or with a bract mid-length, 10-35 cm. tall; sepals 5, broadly ovate, 7-10 mm. long, glabrous; petals 7-12, yellow, slender, long-clawed, barely exceeding the sepals; nectary scale V-shaped, attached the entire length of the margins; stamens 75-125; pistils 70-100.

Achenes glabrous, 2.5 mm. long, elliptic in outline, stylar beak slightly hooked.