Stems 2-6 cm; glabrous or sparsely puberulent, trichomes simple. Basal leaves: petiole 0.5-3 cm (base persistent, papery, broadly expanded, narrowly triangular, 0.2-0.4 cm wide); blade (subfleshy), spatulate, oblanceolate, or ovate, 0.5-1.2 cm × 2-4 mm, base cuneate to attenuate, apex obtuse, surfaces glabrous or puberulent. Cauline leaves (bracts), sessile; blade similar to basal, narrower, smaller distally. Racemes subumbellate. Fruiting pedicels 1.5-5 mm, glabrous or sparsely puberulent adaxially. Flowers: sepals often purplish, 1.5-2 × 0.7-1 mm, glabrous; petals purple with darker veins, 2-3 × 1-2 mm; filaments 1.5-2 mm; anthers 0.2-0.4 mm; gynophore 0-0.7 mm. Fruits compressed, 5-15 × 2-3 mm; style 0.2-1 mm. Seeds light brown, 1.2-1.7 × 0.8-1 mm; funicles 2-3 mm. 2n = 14.

Flowering Jun-Jul. Limestone slopes, subalpine valleys, wet cliffs, ridges, fine gravel saturated by snowmelt; 0-2100 m; Yukon; Alaska; Asia (Russian Far East [Chukchi Peninsula]).