Distribution: Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and Sasketchewan.

Habitat: Sagebrush foothills to alpine slopes, usually where vernally moist.

Flowers: April-July

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Glabrous perennial from a deep-seated, globose, tuberous root 5-20 mm in diameter, the 1-several flowering stems 6-20 cm tall.

Basal leaves 1 or 2, or often several, narrowly to broadly oblanceolate, up to 15 cm long and 2-15 mm wide; cauline leaves 2, opposite, sessile, ovate to narrowly lanceolate, 1.5-6 cm long and 5-20 mm wide.

Inflorescence a loose, one-sided, 3- to 20- flowered raceme, bracteate below; pedicels 1-5 cm long, arched; sepals 2, 2.5-5 mm long; petals 5, white to deep pink, often with pink lines, occasionally yellow, 5-12 mm long, attached at the base for 1-2 mm; stamens 5, attached to the base of the petals; styles 3.

Capsule ovoid, 4 cm long.