It features a subterranean, turnip-shaped root tuber measuring 25–40 mm long and up to 35 mm in diameter, which protects the plant during seasonal droughts.
Bright green, prostrate leaves form a low rosette flush with the ground. The leaf blades (laminae) are ovate to trullate, and can be simple, three-lobed, or trifoliolate with short appressed bristles and glandular hairs lining the margins.
An elongated flower scape pushes upward to a height of 70–200 mm. It bears 2 to 4 pseudo-umbels, each displaying 3 to 10 closely gathered flowers. The petals are primarily white to soft pink.
