Flowers: tepals yellow, 11-13 mm; basal filament appendages 2-cuspidate, aristate, cusps 3-3.5 mm, ca. 1/2 length of filaments, apex attenuate. 2n = 18.

Flowering spring (Apr--Jun). Chaparral, yellow pine forests; 300--1000 m; Calif.

Variety montana is restricted to the southern Coast Ranges and the Tehachapi Mountains.