A low, perennial forb/herb, spreading by long thin runners (stolons) Leaves basal and flowers located on separate stalks. Flowers white, fragrant, and with upper petals twisted at the apices. Leaves ovate to heart-shaped, basal indentation between leaf blade and leaf stalk narrow and deep. Flowers: Bisexual, white, not very fragrant, 1–1.5 cm long; flower stalk (peduncle) green, hairy. Sepals 5, lanceolate-ovate, acute; petals 5, the 2 lateral petals bearded, lower petal smooth, veined with purple. Flowers blooming in early spring.