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Dichelostemma congestum

ookow, northern saitas
Habit Scapose perennial from a scaly, deep-seated corm.
Leaves

Leaves 2-3, flattened but keeled on the lower side, 3-10 mm. broad and up to 6 dm. long, not withering by flowering;

scape 4-7 dm. tall.
Flowers

Flowers numerous in a sub-capitate raceme, the pedicels 1-2 mm. long on the marginal flowers, up to 6 mm. long in the center of the cluster;

involucre bluish-purple, the 3-5 bracts 1-2 cm. long;

tepals 6, lavender to bluish-purple, 2 cm. long, united about their length, oblong, spreading slightly;

fertile stamens 3, filaments broad, adnate almost to the anthers;

staminodia 3, adnate to the anther tips, the free tip deeply bifid.
Fruits

Capsule sessile.

Dichelostemma congestum
Flowering time May-June
Habitat Grassy meadows, rocky prairies and sagebrush slopes.
Distribution
Occurring west of the Cascades crest and east in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; Washington to California.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
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