Family: Liliaceae/ Lily
Ecology/ Botany:
These dark, mottled, perennial lilies are infrequent in forest openings and meadows of dry forest types like Interior Douglas Fir, at low to sub-alpine elevations. They take 4-6 years to produce flowers that smell of rotting meat to attract the flies and carrion insects that pollinate them.
Medicinal/ Other Uses:
Indigenous North Americans pit-cooked and ate the rice-like bulbs. The flower essence can help with acceptance and appreciation of the necessary and life sustaining bodily functions around elimination and reproduction.