Fritillaria camschatcensis |
Fritillaria striata |
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black lily, Indian rice |
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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. |
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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. |
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Fruits | Capsule cylindric-ovoid, about 25 mm. long |
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Fritillaria camschatcensis |
Fritillaria striata |
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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) | |
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