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Cultivation: Not an easy plant, needing deep soil, moist in spring, fairly dry in summer and autumn.
Botanical
Description:
Bulb: Up to 2cm in diameter, with several scales.
Stem: 4-10cm tall.
Leaves: 2-4, alternate, glaucous.
Flowers: 1-4, broadly campanulate large, colour ranging from yellow to brownish often yellow speckled with brown.
Tepals: 1.5-2cm x 6cm
Nectaries: 5-7mm, above base.
Style: Up to 1.2cm, trifid, branches 6-9mm long.
Capsule: Not winged.
Flowering time: IV-V11
Habitat: Rocky slopes and trees, often serpentine.
Distribution: Coastal ranges of Northern California to the Siskiyou Mts. in Oregon.
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