The inflorescence is borne atop an erect scape which is flattened and winged toward the top, growing to about 45 centimeters in height.

The inflorescence is an umbel of 18 to 23 bell-shaped pink flowers each about a centimeter long.

[4] It also occurs in the Mogollon Mountains and Sierra Blanca of New Mexico.

[3] When available, this plant is favored by domestic and wild ungulates, which browse away the aboveground parts.

[2][4] Animals may eat so much plant material that they prevent all sexual reproduction within a population.