Perennial with a cushion growth habit, greyish-green, trifoliate leaves silky hairy on both sides, leaflets 1 cm long. Creamy white flowers with purple keel appear directly from the crown of foliage (no flower stems). Flowers 2-3 cm long.

Early flowering, begins in late April.

Fairly common. Habitat is dry hilltops and eroded hillsides, southern prairies.

Photos taken April 29th, Buffalo Grass Eco Reserve, 200 km southeast of Regina, SK, May 7th on the slopes of the Qu'Appelle Valley 35 km north of Regina, SK, and a hillside in The Big Muddy about 150 km south of Regina, SK, and May 24th in a roadside ditch southwest of Battle Creek, about 475 km southwest of our home in Regina, SK.

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