Plant: Perennial herb; BULBS 1-2 cm long Leaves: 6-20 cm tall; leaflets 3, 6-34 mm long, 10-50 mm wide INFLORESCENCE: 3-10-flowered; pedicels less than 35 mm long Flowers: perfect, the petals clawed, connate at base; stamens 10; pistil 5-carpelled; styles 5, corollas pink or lavender, 8-20 mm long Fruit: FRUITS fleshy explosive capsules, cylindrical, 4-12 mm long. SEEDS 1-1.5 mm long, arillate Misc: Scrublands or coniferous forests; 1200-2700 m (3500-8000 ft); Aug REFERENCES: Denton, Melinda. 1998 Oxalidaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. 30(2): 115.