This dainty white flower can easily be missed on the forest floor, but I've seen the leaves of the plant for weeks now. It's in the Saxifrage Family (Saxifragaceae) and is Slender Woodland-Star (Lithophragma tenellum). Other common names include dainty star and slender fringecup. 
The flower is about a foot tall, rising on a stalk from a mat of basal leaves.
For an excellent description of how to tell slender woodland-star apart from two other Lithophragma species, click here.
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