Inflorescences 3-7(-12)-flowered. Flowers: filament tube with yellow or white spot proximal to each anther; pollen sacs usually yellow with reddish or purplish to maroon speckles; connective maroon to black. 2n = 44, 66, 88.

Flowering spring. Dry slopes and flats mainly in oak woodlands; of conservation concern; 0-700 m; Calif.

Variety gracile is found mainly in the coastal and western Transverse Ranges from San Francisco County to Ventura County.