Specifically, it is common on the forest floor of many oak woodlands, along with typical understory wildflowers that include Calochortus luteus, Cynoglossum grande and Delphinium variegatum.

[8] The showy flowers have hairy, fused sepals forming a cup beneath the corolla, and four petals each one to 2.5 cm (1.0 in) long.

[9] The paddle-like petals come in shades of pink to reddish to purple and are slender and diamond-shaped or triangular in a raceme formation, in which each flower is connected to the main stalk by a pedicel, a short stem extension.

[8] The main pollinator is Hesperapis regularis, a native species of bees found in similar environments to C.

The species can not be grown in shaded areas, it must be exposed to the sun for majority of the day as it does not do well in cold conditions.

If grown correctly, the seed will germinate within 2 weeks and bloom late summer and early fall.