Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana, Idaho, and Nevada.

Habitat: Sagebrush desert.

Flowers: March-April

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Annual

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees, flies, butterflies

Small, glabrous, acaulescent annual, the several, leafless scapes 3-13 cm. tall.

Leaves numerous in a basal rosette, with slender petioles 1-3 times as long as the blades; blades ovate, entire to lyrate, 5-15 mm. long.

Flowers solitary on the scapes; sepals 4, spreading, usually reddish or purplish; petals 4, white, equaling the sepals; stamens 5; style almost lacking.

Silicles orbicular to oblong-oval, 6-12 mm. long, strongly compressed.