Flowers with five white petals, lined reddish-pink, two-toothed, about 1 cm in diameter. Umbel of two to 5 flowers per plant. Two opposite stem leaves, noticeably rubbery/succulent. Leaves are lanceolate in shape.
Habitat is south facing, woody ravines, and dried stream beds in our Cypress Upland. We have seen the ground carpeted white with these tiny plants in early May. A spring ephemeral, grows from a small corm.
Plants typically about 10 cm in height.
Above photos were taken May 8th in the Cypress Hills.
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