Leaves 1–2, 10–50 cm. Scape 20–50 cm, usually scabrous. Flowers: perianth usually straw-colored to pale yellow, tube 3–7 mm, much shorter than lobes, lobes ascending to reflexed, 10–20 mm; short filaments 4–5 mm, long filaments 5–7 mm, apical appendages long, slender, straight to recurved; anthers cream or yellow, occasionally blue; pedicel 1–9 cm. 2n = 10 (11), 16, 24, 32.

Phenology: Flowering spring (Mar–May, later at higher altitudes).
Habitat: Scrub edges, mixed or coniferous forests, foothill woodlands, valley grasslands, in clay and granite soils
Elevation: 200–2200 m

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Calif.

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