Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington east to Idaho.

Habitat: Open, exposed places, usually on rocks or in gravelly soil, at moderate elevations in the mountains.

Flowers: June-August

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees, flies

Glabrous perennial from rhizomes, with numerous sterile shoots and basal rosettes, the flowering stems 5-20 cm. tall.

Leaves alternate, ovoid to ellipsoid, slightly flattened, 4-9 mm. long, incurved, mostly deciduous by flowering time.

Flowers mostly in compact cymes; sepals 5, triangular-lanceolate, 2-3.5 mm. long; petals 5, yellow, distinct, lanceolate and pointed, 6-7 mm. long; stamens 10, spreading, about 2 mm. shorter than the petals, 5 attached to the base of the petals.

Follicles 5, erect, united at the base, each with a small gland at the base, and tipped by the erect or divergent, tapered style.