avalanche lily

avalanche lily
either of two plants, Erythronium grandiflorum or E. montanum, of the lily family, of the mountains of northwestern North America, having nodding yellow or white flowers.
[1910-15, Amer.; appar. so called because it is found near the snow line or the edge of glaciers]

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