Plants not stoloniferous (not colonial or mat-forming). Stems (flowering): earliest leafless, later stems leafy, 15-35(-50) cm. Leaf blades deltate-ovate, bases abruptly cuneate to truncate or subcordate, faces minutely strigoso-hirsutulous (hairs ascending-appressed, 0.1-0.3 mm). Peduncles 2-22 cm. Outer phyllaries 6-11(-15) × 3-7 mm. 2n = 32.

Flowering late Mar-Jun(-Jul, later with moisture). Moist to dry woodlands, forests, partially sunny sites, clearings, edges; 10-700 m; D.C., Ky., Md., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., S.C., Va., W.Va.