Dichocarpum nipponicum var. sarmentosum is a perennial occurring in damp places by a mountain river. Rhizomes are short and enveloped with bases of broad petioles, and stems measure 5-18cm tall and emerge 5-7cm-long runners after flowers. Radical leaves are 3-11cm long, including the petioles, with broad bases, in a broad-oval shape, comprising three leaflets with fan-shaped terminals with uneven incisions or dentitions on the margins. And lateral leaflets cut themselves in 3-5 newly. On-stem leaves are on the upper half, generally of opposite phyllotaxis, 1.2-4.5cm long inclusive of the petioles in the shape of a fan-shaped reniform or cut in three lobes anew. Flowers have five sepals with narrow obovate, 7-9mm long, pale yellow red-brown portions at the bases, and petals, 5 in number, 4mm long, linear with circular tips. Bloom time: March-May.