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lily
any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
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agapanthus, lily of the Nile
any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers
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albuca
any of various plants of the genus Albuca having large clusters of pale yellow flowers; South Africa
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colic root, colicroot, crow corn, star grass, unicorn root
any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic
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alliaceous plant
bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor
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alstroemeria
any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers
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Amianthum muscaetoxicum, Amianthum muscitoxicum, fly poison
all parts of plant are highly toxic; bulb pounded and used as a fly poison; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
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Anthericum liliago, Saint-Bernard's-lily
southern European plant commonly cultivated for its spikes of small starry greenish-white flowers
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Anthericum torreyi, amber lily
plant having basal grasslike leaves and a narrow open cluster of starlike yellowish-orange flowers atop a leafless stalk; southwestern United States; only species of Anthericum growing in North America
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asphodel
any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers
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Bloomeria crocea, golden star, golden stars
California plant having grasslike leaves and showy orange flowers
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brodiaea
any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium
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mariposa, mariposa lily, mariposa tulip
any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico
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fairy lantern, globe lily
any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers
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cat's-ear
any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears
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Calochortus nuttallii, sego lily
perennial plant having clusters of one to four showy white bell-shaped flowers atop erect unbranched stems; edible bulbs useful in times of scarcity; eastern Montana and western North Dakota south to northern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico
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camas, camash, camass, camosh, quamash
any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America
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dog's-tooth violet, dogtooth, dogtooth violet
perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated
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Erythronium montanum, avalanche lily
perennial herb having large white flowers marked with orange; found near the snow line in the northwestern United States
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tulip
any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower
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day lily, daylily
any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day
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hyacinth
any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs
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Hyacinthoides nonscripta, Scilla nonscripta, bluebell, harebell, wild hyacinth, wood hyacinth
sometimes placed in genus Scilla
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grape hyacinth
any of various early flowering spring hyacinths native to Eurasia having dense spikes of rounded blue flowers resembling bunches of small grapes
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scilla, squill
an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers
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false asphodel
a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers
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Urginea maritima, sea onion, sea squill, squill
having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties
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bog asphodel
either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves; north temperate regions
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false hellebore, hellebore
perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes
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Xerophyllum tenax, bear grass, squaw grass
plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers
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death camas, zigadene
any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous
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trillium, wake-robin, wood lily
any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower
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Convallaria majalis, May lily, lily of the valley
low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berries
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Clinton's lily, clintonia
any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries
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Liriope muscari, lily turf, lilyturf
Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers; grown as ground cover
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Maianthemum canadense, false lily of the valley
small two-leaved herb of the northern United States and parts of Canada having racemes of small fragrant white flowers
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Maianthemum bifolium, false lily of the valley
small white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan
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Solomon's-seal
any of several plants of the genus Polygonatum having paired drooping yellowish-green flowers and a thick rootstock with scars shaped like Solomon's seal
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Lilium auratum, mountain lily
Japanese lily with golden rays
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Canada lily, Lilium canadense, meadow lily, wild meadow lily, wild yellow lily
common lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brown
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Annunciation lily, Lent lily, Lilium candidum, Madonna lily, white lily
lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers
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Lilium catesbaei, leopard lily, pine lily, tiger lily
lily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals
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Columbia tiger lily, Lilium columbianum, Oregon lily
lily of western North America with showy orange-red purple-spotted flowers
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Lilium lancifolium, devil lily, kentan, tiger lily
east Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals
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Bermuda lily, Easter lily, Lilium longiflorum, white trumpet lily
tall lily have large white trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in the spring
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Lilium maritinum, coast lily
orange-flowered lily of Pacific coast of United States
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Lilium martagon, Turk's-cap, martagon
lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia
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Lilium michiganense, Michigan lily
lily of central North America having recurved orange-red flowers with deep crimson spots
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Lilium pardalinum, leopard lily, panther lily
lily of western United States having orange-red to crimson maroon-spotted flowers
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Lilium philadelphicum, wood lily
lily of eastern North America having orange to orange-red purple-spotted flowers
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Lilium superbum, Turk's cap-lily, Turk's-cap
lily of the eastern United States with orange to red maroon-spotted flowers
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African lily, African tulip, Agapanthus africanus, blue African lily
African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers
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Aletris farinosa, ague grass, ague root
colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States
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Aletris aurea, yellow colicroot
colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States
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wild onion
any of various plants of the genus Allium with edible bulbs found growing wild
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Allium ampeloprasum, Levant garlic, kurrat, wild leek
coarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall stalk of greenish purple-tinged flowers; widely naturalized
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Allium canadense, Canada garlic, meadow leek, rose leek
North American bulbous plant
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Allium carinatum, keeled garlic
Eurasian bulbous plant
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Allium cepa, onion, onion plant
bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb
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Allium porrum, leek, scallion
plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
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Allium neopolitanum, Naples garlic, daffodil garlic, flowering onion
European onion with white flowers
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Allium paradoxum, few-flowered leek
leek producing bulbils instead of flowers; Russia and Iran
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Allium sativum, garlic
bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves
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Allium scorodoprasum, Spanish garlic, giant garlic, rocambole, sand leek
European leek cultivated and used like leeks
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Allium schoenoprasum, chive, chives, cive, schnittlaugh
perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning
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Allium tricoccum, ramp, wild leek
North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers
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Allium ursinum, Ramsons, wild garlic, wood garlic
pungent Old World weedy plant
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Allium tuberosum, Chinese chive, Oriental garlic, garlic chive
a plant of eastern Asia; larger than Allium schoenoprasum
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Allium sphaerocephalum, round-headed leek
Old World leek with a spherical bulb
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Allium triquetrum, three-cornered leek, triquetrous leek
European leek naturalized in Great Britain; leaves are triangular
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Alstroemeria pelegrina, Peruvian lily, lily of the Incas
an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lily-like flowers
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Jacob's rod
asphodel having erect smooth unbranched stem either flexuous or straight
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Asphodeline lutea, king's spear, yellow asphodel
asphodel with leafy stem and fragrant yellow flowers
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Brodiaea elegans, elegant brodiaea
brodiaea having an umbel of violet or blue-violet flowers atop a leafless stalk; northern Oregon to southern California
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Calochortus albus, white fairy lantern, white globe lily
globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers; southern California
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Calochortus amabilis, golden fairy lantern, yellow globe lily
globe lily having open branched clusters of clear yellow egg-shaped flowers; northern California
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Calochortus amoenus, rose globe lily
globe lily with deep rose-pink or purple egg-shaped flowers on flexuous stems; western slopes of Sierra Nevada in San Joaquin Valley
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Calochortus elegans, elegant cat's ears, star tulip
small plant with slender bent stems bearing branched clusters of a few white star-shaped flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears; southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon to Montana
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Calochortus kennedyi, desert mariposa tulip
mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico
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Calochortus luteus, yellow mariposa tulip
mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges
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Calochortus macrocarpus, sagebrush mariposa tulip
mariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems; arid northwestern North America east of Cascade Mountains from southern British Columbia to northern California
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Camassia quamash, common camas
plant having a large edible bulb and linear basal leaves and racemes of light to deep violet-blue star-shaped flowers on tall green scapes; western North America
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Camassia leichtlinii, Leichtlin's camas
camas found to the west of Cascade Mountains
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Camassia scilloides, indigo squill, wild hyacinth
eastern camas; eastern and central North America
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Erythronium albidum, blonde lilian, white dog's-tooth violet, white dogtooth violet
North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriors
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Erythronium americanum, amberbell, trout lily, yellow adder's tongue
eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors
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Erythronium dens-canis, European dogtooth
sturdy European dogtooth with rose to mauve flowers; cultivated in many varieties
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Erythronium californicum, fawn lily
California dogtooth violet with creamy white flowers sometimes yellow-tinged
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Erythronium grandiflorum, glacier lily, snow lily
dogtooth violet of western North America having bright yellow flowers
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Tulipa armena, Tulipa suaveolens, dwarf tulip
small early blooming tulip
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Tulipa clusiana, candlestick tulip, lady tulip
Eurasian tulip with small flowers blotched at the base
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Tulipa gesneriana
tall late blooming tulip
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cottage tulip
any of several long-stemmed tulips that flower in May; have egg-shaped variously colored flowers
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Darwin tulip
any of several very tall, late blooming tulips bearing large squarish flowers on sturdy stems
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Hemerocallis flava, Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus, lemon lily
a day lily with yellow flowers
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Hyacinthus orientalis, common hyacinth
widely grown for its fragrance and its white, pink, blue, or purplish flowers
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Hyacinthus orientalis albulus, Roman hyacinth
hyacinth with loosely flowered spikes, several growing from one bulb
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Galtonia candicans, Hyacinthus candicans, cape hyacinth, summer hyacinth
southern African herb with white bell-shaped flowers
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Muscari neglectum, common grape hyacinth
prolific species having particularly beautiful dark blue flowers
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Muscari comosum, tassel hyacinth
large beautiful Mediterranean species having sterile bluish-violet flowers with fringed corollas forming a tuft above the fertile flowers
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Scilla verna, sea onion, spring squill
European scilla with small blue or purple flowers
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Scotch asphodel, Tofieldia pusilla
false asphodel having spikes of white flowers; of mountainous regions of Europe
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European bog asphodel, Narthecium ossifragum
of western Europe: Scandinavia to northern Spain and Portugal
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American bog asphodel, Narthecium americanum
of the eastern United States: New Jersey to South Carolina
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American hellebore, Indian poke, Veratrum viride, bugbane, white hellebore
North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
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Zigadenus elegans, alkali grass
plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish-white flowers
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Zigadenus glaucus, white camas
plant of eastern and central North America having creamy white flowers tinged with brown or purple; poisonous especially to grazing animals
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Zigadenus nuttalli, poison camas
a common perennial death camas; Tennessee to Kansas to Texas
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Zigadenus venenosus, Zigadenus venenosus gramineus, grassy death camas
plant of western North America to Mexico; poisonous especially to grazing animals
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Trillium recurvatum, prairie trillium, prairie wake-robin
trillium of central United States having dark purple sessile flowers
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dwarf-white trillium, early wake-robin, snow trillium
a low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United States
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Trillium erectum, birthroot, purple trillium, red trillium
trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth
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Trillium sessile, red trillium, sessile trillium, toadshade
trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor
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Andrew's clintonia, Clintonia andrewsiana, red Clintonia
plant with nearly leafless stalk topped by a cluster of red or reddish lavender flowers; California to Oregon
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Clintonia borealis, heal all, yellow clintonia
common woodland herb of temperate North America having yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruits
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Clintonia uniflora, bride's bonnet, queen's cup
plant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks; Alaska to California and east to Oregon and Montana
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Polygonatum biflorum, Polygonatum commutatum, great Solomon's-seal
North American perennial herb with smooth foliage and drooping tubular greenish flowers