Scientific name:

Calochortus albus

Family: Lily or Liliaceae

Blooms: Apr–June

Plant Height: 20–80 cm

Habitat: Shaded slopes and open woods

About: Very common and unmistakable. The pendulous flowers have three delicate, hair-fringed, creamy-white petals (occasionally pinkish), each with a protruding hump where the nectar gland is inside the flower. The 3-sided seeds pods are distinctive and surprisingly large. The location of the plants can be identified early in the season by the single, strap-like leaf lying prostrate on the ground.

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