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Hesperocallis is a genus of flowering plants that includes a single species, Hesperocallis undulata, known as the desert lily or ajo lily. It is found in the desert areas of southwestern North America, in Northwestern Mexico, California, and Arizona. The plant grows in Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert habitats.
[5]: 17 [11] Fleshy roots and underground organs store food in the form of starches and sugars, allowing the plant to quickly grow when snow melts. [5] Many plants form flower buds during the summer before the summer that they open, allowing a quick bloom for the short growing season. [5]
The fragrant flower heads are 2.5 to 6.5 cm (1 to 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) wide, [1] composed of smaller yellow to white strap-like flowers called "ligules". [2] In the center of the flower head may be an orange to red "button", composed of several immature flowers. [3]
Galanthus nivalis: Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, 1885. Galanthus (from Ancient Greek γάλα, (gála, "milk") + ἄνθος (ánthos, "flower")), or snowdrop, is a small genus of approximately 20 species of bulbous perennial herbaceous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae.
Arizona—Sonora Desert Museum: Desert Wildflower Blooms — homepage, with focus article links. Arizona—Sonora Desert Museum: The Desert in Bloom; Sonoran Desert Florilegium Program — homepage: botanical illustrations. Desert USA: Desert Wildflower Field Guide — Wildflower pictures sorted by Color
Glory-of-the-Snow is an alpine plant that preforms its flowers in the previous season so that it can flower as soon as the snow starts to melt in spring. Some plants flower immediately after snow melting or soil thawing. These early flowering plants always form their flowers in the previous season, called preformation.
The pendant flowers appear in late spring and are borne in umbels of usually three to five, sometimes as many as seven. The flower stalks are of different lengths, 25–70 mm (1.0–2.8 in) long. The flowers are about 3–4 cm (1.2–1.6 in) in diameter and have six white tepals, each with a greenish mark just below the tip. The black seeds are ...
Euphorbia bicolor, commonly known as snow on the prairie, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Euphorbia, native to the southern United States. [2] It grows 1-4 feet tall, has green and white alternate leaves, and is monoecious with unisexual flowers. [1] It grows in hard clay soils of prairies, rangelands, and edges of forests.