A flowering stem that is leafy to just below the flower. B, opposite leaf arrangement. C elongated fruiting stem. D trailing growth form and E, compact growth form that has been distinguished by some authors using the name 'smalliana'. Leaves with hydathodes .
Many hydathodes have white calcite deposits at leaf tip.
Hydathodes are small openings on the leaf blades which exude water. Leaves also have a ciliated leaf margins. Nunavut, Cornwallis Island, Resolute Bay. Each stem of leaves about 0.7 cm across. Close-up of flower .