Plants acaulescent or caulescent. Stems procumbent, 0.1–0.4 m. Leaf blade narrow, long-tapering and primarily flat or concave distally, 25–45 × 0.5–0.8 cm, mostly flexible, smooth adaxially and abaxially. Inflorescences racemose, 8–10 dm, glabrous; peduncle 0.3–0.5 m. Flowers 4.5–5.5 cm; tepals pale green, often tinged rose or rosy purple; filaments 0.7–2.5 cm; anthers 3.2 mm; pistil 2.5–2.8 cm; style 10–13 mm. Capsules often deeply constricted near center, 3.5–5(–5.7) cm.

Flowering spring--early summer. Sandy places, sandstone outcrops, rocky hillsides of deserts; 900--2200 m; Ariz., N.Mex., Utah.