Woody vine which attaches itself to trees shrubs by twisting its leaf stalks to nearby trees and shrubs. Leaves are opposite, are pinnately divided into 5 leaflets, leaflets are deltoid, deeply toothed, 2.5 cm long without the stem, leaflets with a few hairs on the leaf margins. Stems sparsely hairy. Flowers are white, measured at 2 cm diameter, with 4 petal-like sepals. Flowers grow in panicles, quite showy.

Habitat is wooded coulees and ravines on the prairies.

Height listed in Wildflowers Across the Prairies to 6 metres.

The above photos were taken July 8th, woods on a steep hillside, Douglas Provincial Park, about 200 km northwest of our home in Regina, SK.