Basal leaves: blade oblong-lanceolate to oblong, margins entire or repand. Flowers: petals usually spatulate, rarely oblanceolate, (1.2-)1.5-2.7(-3) mm wide; median filaments distinct. Fruits (1.8-)3-6.5(-8.2) cm. 2n = 26. Flowering Jun-Jul. Desert shrub communities, alkaline ground; of conservation concern; Oreg. Subspecies spectabilis is known only from Baker, Harney, Malheur, and Union counties. It is in the Center for Plant Conservation´s National Collection of Endangered Plants.