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species at risk: Elegant Mariposa Lily

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Elegant Mariposa Lily

This delicate white flower is also called "cat's ear" because of its wedge-shaped petals that have a tangle of white strands at the base. It grows in the open woods from western Montana to eastern Washington and Idaho. Lewis discovered it along Idaho's Clearwater River and wrote that the Nez Perce ate the lily bulbs.

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