Plants 30–80 cm tall from slender rootstock; rhizomes short.
Leaves 4–6, tomentose, ovoid, short-acuminate, 15–30 × 5–12 cm.
Inflorescences in 1 or more umbel-like clusters, many-flowered; peduncle 20–50 cm long, hairy; bract 1.
Flowers perianth campanulate; tepals narrowly oblong to oblanceolate, 1–2 cm long, pink to reddish (purple).
Fruits berries, globose, 8–15 mm long, bright blue to bluish black.
2n=28.
Shaded, moist, coastal, redwood forests. Flowering May– Jun. 100–200m. Sisk. CA. Native.
as described under Clintonia andrewsiana
Plants 3-8 dm; rhizomes short, thick. Cauline leaves 4-6; blade dark green, oblanceolate to broadly elliptic, 20-35 × 5-15 cm. Inflorescences in terminal, umbel-like clusters, 1-3(-5) lateral clusters usually present, 20-45-flowered; bracts 1-3(-5), foliaceous. Flowers: tepals deep claret red, narrowly oblong to oblanceolate, 10-18 × 3-3.7 mm; filaments 7-10 mm; anthers oblong, 1.8-2.8 mm. Berries blue to bluish black, ovoid, 10-30-seeded, 8-12 mm. Seeds 3-4 mm. 2n = 28.Flowering late Apr--late Jun. Moist, coastal redwood forests; 0--400 m; Calif., Oreg.