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black lily, Indian rice

Habit Perennial herb from a small, scaly bulb and numerous rice-sized offset bulblets, the sturdy, unbranched, glabrous stem 2-5 dm. tall.
Leaves

Leaves in 1-3 whorls of 5-9, and a few scattered upward, lanceolate, 4-10 cm. long.

Flowers

Flowers 2-7 in a loose raceme, spreading to pendant, narrowly bell-shaped, ill-smelling, dark greenish-brown to brownish-purple, sometimes streaked with yellow but not mottled;

tepals elliptic, distinct, 20-30 mm. long and 7-12 mm. broad, ridged lengthwise on the inner surface;

filaments 6, slender, twice the length of the anthers;

styles attached to each other about 1/3 of their length.

Fruits

Capsule cylindric-ovoid, about 25 mm. long

Fritillaria camschatcensis

Fritillaria striata

Flowering time May-July
Habitat Moist areas from near tide flats to mountain meadows.
Distribution
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in northwestern Washington; Alaska to Oregon.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Threatened in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa
F. affinis, F. pudica
F. affinis, F. camschatcensis, F. pudica
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