Plant: annual herb; 25-50 cm tall; stems mostly unbranched Leaves: obscurely 3-nerved; basal leaves less than 3.5 cm long, 6 mm wide, elliptic lanceolate to spatulate; cauline leaves remote, linear lanceolate, 1.5-4 cm long, 3.5 mm wide INFLORESCENCE: loose, subumbellate cymes Flowers: on slender pedicels, 0.5-3 cm long; calyx lobes lanceolate, to 6 mm long, papillate; corolla bright yellow, ca. 1-1.2 cm long, the tube less than 1/2 length of entire corolla; lobes ovate, papillate; spurs curved horizontal or ascending Fruit: ovate lanceolate. SEEDS yellow-brown, subglobose, granular Misc: Mountain meadows and open forests; 2150-3000 m (7000- 9900 ft); Jul-Sep REFERENCES: Mason, Charles T. 1998 Gentianaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. 30(2): 84.