[3] The species produces inflorescences up to half a meter tall from a bulb 1–3 centimetres (0.39–1.18 in) wide.

[4] The flowers have light blue or whitish tepals and yellow anthers.

The green or brown capsule is up to a centimeter long[3] and divided into three parts.

[4] Native American groups used the bulbs for food, eating them raw, baked, roasted, boiled, or dried.

[5] They can be used in place of potatoes, but could possibly be confused for poisonous deathcamas.