Erythronium grandiflorum var. grandiflorum
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Family: Liliaceae (Lily family) |
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Photo taken at Leavenworth Ski Hill, openly forested area, one of the first flowers to bloom in spring with Claytonia lanceolata |
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© 2002 Thayne Tuason |
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Flowers: solitary or 2-5 in a loose raceme on a naked peduncle, nodding; tepals pale to deep yellow, lanceolate, mostly 4-8 mm wide, spreading to reflexed; anthers variable in color, white, red, yellow, or purple; filaments linear |
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Leaves: generally a basal pair; blades narrowed gradually to a broad petiole; lanceolate to ovate; uniflormly green Plant: perennial; glabrous. Traditionally the bulbs were cooked and eaten or dried and stored for future use by the Okanagan-Coville, Okanagan, Shuswap, and Thompson. |
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Habitat: shaded to open woods and slopes; lowland to subalpine |
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Distribution of species: southern British Columbia, Olympic Mountains, and Washington Cascades, to northern Oregon, east to Montana, Wyoming and Colorado Distribution of genus: more or less 25 species: especially in temperate North America
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