Grass Widow Flower. Two leaf like bracts at base of flower one longer than flower extended well above it the other shorter. Olsynium douglasii grass widows erect clumps of grass like leaves and round flower stems.
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Bowl shaped the satiny nodding flowers are borne atop upright stems among the rush like foliage. Olsynium douglasii grass widow is a clump forming perennial noted for its dense tuft of narrow sword like light green leaves and its brilliant intense reddish purple flowers in early spring. It seems possible that the term was applied derisively to anglo indian.
Our modern meaning first turns up in the 1840s.
Grass widow flowers coyote wall trail columbia river gorge washington. Olsynium douglasii note the filament tube which is narrow at its base which distinguishes this species from olsynium inflatum. Leaves round but not winged basal to 12 in. Douglas grasswidow grass widow satin flower olsynium douglasii synonym.
