Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in northwestern Washington; Alaska to northwestern Washington, east in Canada to Manitoba; circumboreal.

Habitat: Moist woods.

Flowers: July-September

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Annual

Conservation Status: Threatened in Washington (WANHP)

Glabrous, succulent annual, the stems freely branched, 2-6 cm. tall.

Leaves all alternate, the petioles 2-4 cm. long, the blades elliptic-ovate, 3-12 cm. long, the rounded, serrate teeth tipped with a sharp point.

Flowers in twos, 25-35 mm. long, yellow, spotted or mottled with crimson or reddish-brown; saccate sepal 1-2 cm. long, about half as broad at the orifice, narrowed gradually to the recurved, 6-10 mm. spur; lateral sepals smaller; petals 5, the upper one notched at the tip, the lateral ones much smaller, in unequal pairs.

Capsule 5-celled.