Exquisite, large, fragrant flowers with petals that look as if they are made of crinkled white silk surround the bright yellow stamens, giving them the appearance of fried eggs. Many individual stalks with grey-green leaves rise up to form large clumps up to 8 feet tall, though it can be difficult to establish once it is happy it can spread rapidly by underground rhizomes. Native to the dry canyons and coastal scrub of California. S/M-D-GDr