Stems arise from elongated tubers and are erect to ascending, not hairy; leaves are thread-like, highly divided into 5 divisions, some divisions are just short nubs, edges often rolled inward; flowers purple, pinkish-purple, or reddish, funnel-shaped.Â
Erect to ascending slender branches; leaves divided, almost thread-like, not stemmed, bundled; flowers purple, pinkish-purple, or reddish, solitary; fruit a rounded capsule; similar to I. plummerae, but smaller leaves and shorter flower stems.
Habitat
Oak woodlands, plains, ponderosa pine.
Flower Characteristics
Flowers solitary, funnel-like on short slender branches; outer sepals with noticeable outgrowths, oblong, stamens do not protrude.
Leaf and Stem Characteristics
Leaves in bundles, without stems, highly divided in thread-like divisions, edges of divisions often rolled inward, generally with 5 divisions, sometimes individual divisions just short nubs, to 1/2 inch long.
Fruit and Seed Characteristics
Rounded.
Seeds 1 to 4, 3 egg-shaped, black to dark brown with short erect hairs.