Lanceleaf Springbeauty

Claytonia flava A. Nelson, Univ. W'yo. Publ. Bot. 1: 142 1926.
Claytonia aurea A. Nelson. Bull. Torrey Club 27: 260. 1900. Not C. aurea Kuntze. 1891.
Corm globose, 1-1.5 cm. thick; stems 1-5 from each corm, 1-2 dm. high; basal leaves usually solitary, petioled, 8-10 cm. long, the blade elliptic or oblanceolate, 4-5 cm. long and 2-5 cm. wide; stem-leaves sessile, narrowly lanceolate, 2-4 cm. long; racemes 7-10-flowered, 7-10 cm. long, with a single ovate bract; pedicels about 2 cm. long, recurved in age; sepals broadly rhombic-ovate or oval, 6 mm. long; petals golden-yellow, S-10 mm. long, oval or obovate, rounded at the apex; capsule 4 mm. long; seeds black, shining, 2 mm. long.
Type locality: Wet flats near Henry Lake. Idaho. Distribution: Idaho and western Montana.