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Ajo lily

(Hesperocallis undulata)

Common names: desert lily.
Bulb, Lily Family.
Blooms February-April in southwestern Arizona, southeastern California and northwestern Sonora, Mexico.
6-24 inches (15-60 cm) high with long, narrow, ruffle-edged, single leaves. The bulbs are 18-24 inches (45-60 cm) below the desert surface and only flower in a good spring.

Grows in sandy or pebbly flats. Fragrant flowers are pollinated by Hawkmoths. Tohono O'odham Indians eat the onion-flavored bulbs. Ajo means garlic in Spanish and the town, mountain range and valley are named after this flower. A good place to find them is Organ Pipe National Monument in southwestern Arizona.

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