[oregonflora.org] Description, Habitat, Range: Leaves 5 to 20 cm; blades lanceolate, not mottled, margins wavy. Inflorescences 1(3) flowered. Flowers tepals 20 to 35 mm, yellow, pale at base, inner tepals with auricles at base; stamens 10 to18 mm, filaments, linear, less than 1 mm wide, white, anthers cream to yellow to purple-red; style white, stigma with recurved lobes (1) 2 to 4 mm long. Fruits capsules 2 to 5 cm. Subalpine meadows, woods, rock outcrops. Flowering Mar to Jul. 0 to 2300m. BW, Casc, Col, CR, ECas, Lava, Sisk. CA, ID, WA; north to British Columbia and Alberta, southeast to NM. Native. As the common name implies, this lily is often found emerging from melting snow in subalpine meadows. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)