Santa Clara red ribbons

Flowers: sepals remaining connate only near tip, usually reflexed in pairs or singly; petals 10–20 mm, blades gradually tapered to distinct claw, lobes prominent, separated by deep sinuses; stigma not exserted beyond anthers. 2n = 14.

Flowering Apr–Jun. Wood-lands; 0–1500 m; Calif.

Subspecies automixa is known from Alameda, Santa Clara, and barely Santa Cruz counties in the foothills around the Santa Clara Valley, and is designated as rare by the California Native Plant Society.