Perennial creeping plant with a branched rooting stem, alternate elliptical serrated leaves (1.5-5 cm long) and small yellow five-petal flowers. The fruit is a complex stellate leaflet. Blooms in June-July.
Distributed in the southern regions of Western, Central and Eastern Siberia. It grows along ledges and cracks in rocks, on rocky slopes and coastal cliffs, entering the mountains to the alpine zone.
In folk medicine, an infusion of herbs is used as a laxative, diuretic and tonic.