The flowers are only about half an inch across, but still when the plant is in full bloom it makes a nice display.
The plant, a California native, is actually related to irises. You can often find it growing in sunny, grassy places often mixed in with other wildflowers.
In the wild, the plant goes dormant once everything dries out in summer. In the garden, these plants kept their leaves the first year, although we’ve seen them go dormant in gardens, too.
As long as they have enough sun, the plants grow easily and may even reseed themselves. Like most California wildflowers, they don’t survive being crowded, shaded and squeezed out by alien annual grasses. Good drainage is preferred, but these plants are growing on a low mound in clayey soil.