1-4.5 cm long. Bracts 2, long-tapered, unequal. Seeds dull black, minutely wrinkled. Leaves die back in summer, but old scapes with capsules can persist into fall or winter. Disturbed sites, vineyards, orchards, cultivated areas.
Plants thrive in areas that receive summer moisture.
Also vegetable crops, turf. Grows best on heavy, fertile soils. Tolerates wet soils. San Francisco Bay region, lowlands of the southern North Coast Ranges, northern Central Coast. Seed, bulblets, and bulbils disperse primarily through human activities associated with agriculture.