| Notable Specimens | Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, Ontario, Canada. |
| Habitat | This plant grows in dry woods, rock outcroppings and prairies. It is native to North America from New York to British Columbia south to Virginia and Kentucky and south in the mountains. |
| Leaf Description | Basal, several per bulb, plane or concave-convex in cross section, 1-6 mm broad, shorter than the flower stem, entire or small-toothed on the edges, green during flowering, persistent at maturity. |
| Flower Description | Each mature bulb bears a single flowering stem, which terminates in a downward nodding umbel of white or rose flowers. |
| Fruit Description | Spherical crested fruits which later split open to reveal the dark shiny seeds. |
