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

Habitat: Dry, often sandy or gravelly ground, low to moderate elevations

Flowers: June-August

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees

Tufted, acaulescent perennial from deep, branching rhizomes, forming large patches, grayish with fine hairs.

Leaves all basal, 5-20 cm. long and 1-3.5 cm. broad, the blades narrowly to broadly lanceolate to oblanceolate, deeply wavy-margined, narrowed to slender petioles half as long to nearly as long as the blades.

Flowers solitary and sessile; calyx tube filiform, 2.5-9 cm. long, the flared upper portion 2-3.5 mm. long; the 4 lobes reflexed, distinct; petals yellow, aging to purplish, 10-16 mm. long, stamens 8, unequal, the longer ones about half the length of the petals; style equal to the petals, stigma globose; ovary inferior, 4-celled.

Capsule 15-20 mm. long, leathery, oblong-ovoid, 4-sided and slightly winged.