Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon.

Habitat: Forest openings and mountain meadows, moderate to high elevations.

Flowers: May-July

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, flies, hummingbirds

Scapose perennial from an obliquely ovoid bulb, the outer coats whitish or grayish, without a network pattern.

Leaves usually 2, flattened, somewhat curved, longer than the scape and deciduous at maturity; scape strongly flattened and two-edged, the margins often wavy.

Umbels several- to many-flowered, the pedicels about as long as the tepals; tepals 6, 6-12 mm. long, lanceolate, pointed, pinkish with deeper pink mid-veins; stamens 6, about the length of the tepals; anthers yellow or purplish.

Capsule 3-celled, obscurely crested.