Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; central Washington to southern Oregon and southwestern Idaho.

Habitat: Lithosol and barren, gravelly soils in the shrub-steppe.

Flowers: April-May

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, flies, hummingbirds

Scapose perennials from ovoid bulbs, usually solitary, outer coats brownish, without a network pattern.

Leaves 2, much longer than the scape, concave-convex or flattened, narrow, tardily deciduous; scape nearly terete, somewhat ridged, up to 1 dm. tall.

Umbel several- to many-flowered, pedicels 1-3 times as long as the tepals; tepals 5-7 mm. long, lanceolate, pointed, white or pinkish with greenish or reddish midribs; stamens 6, slightly exerted; anthers dark, purplish-brown or reddish.

Capsule 3-celled and 3-lobed, without a crest.