Fritillaria glauca |
Fritillaria affinis |
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checker lily, chocolate lily, rice-root lily |
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Habit | Perennial herb from a small, scaly bulb and numerous rice-sized offset bulblets, the unbranched, glabrous stem 1.5-10 dm. tall. | |
Leaves | Leaves in 1-2 whorls of 3-5 and scattered upward, lanceolate, 5-15 cm. long and 3-25 mm. broad. |
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Flowers | Flowers usually 2-5 in a raceme, broadly bell-shaped, pendant, strongly mottled, purplish to greenish or yellowish; tepals 6, lanceolate, distinct, 20-30 mm. long; the 6 slender filaments 2-3 times as long as the anthers; styles attached to each other about 1/3 of their length. |
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Fruits | Capsule 2 cm. long, broadly winged. |
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Fritillaria glauca |
Fritillaria affinis |
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Flowering time | April-June | |
Habitat | Prairies, balds, and grassy bluffs to woodlands and coniferous forests, sea level to fairly high elevations in the mountains. | |
Distribution | Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, disjunct in eastern Washington and northern Idaho.
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Not of concern | |
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