There are two varieties:
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Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii. Coastal western North America. Flower filaments with a narrow base.
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Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum. Interior western North America. Flower filaments with an inflated base.
Olsynium douglasii (Douglas'
Grasswidow)
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This lovely grass-like perennial has clumped stems topped by showy reddish-purple to pink flowers March to June. Washington's Burke Museum says: "One of our earliest blooming springtime wildflowers, and sure to catch your eye with its large cheerful blooms." Native throughout Washington, but more common east of the Cascades crest where the dryer conditions are more to its liking. Find it in high desert country, coastal bluffs, prairies, open rocky areas, oak and ponderosa pine woodlands, sagebrush and juniper desert, where moister conditions apply in early spring. |
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