(1) A single plant was selected in 1998 based on its dark purple, almost black, laciniate foliage.(2) The trilobed to laciniate tepals resemble those of certain species of Chorizanthe.(3) That species also has laciniate petals and is similar in many ways, however it is not found inland.(4) On the stem, between dorsal and ventral lobes, are two transverse lateral rows of finely laciniated processes or leaflets.(5) The huge flowers are very showy with laciniated or fringed edges.
