Perennial herb with a long, creeping rhizome flowering stem 20 cm - 0.6 m long. Leaves: alternate, six to eleven, spreading or ascending, usually folded, stalkless, somewhat clasping, 6 - 15 cm long, 2 - 5 cm wide, lance-shaped with a rounded base and pointed tip, finely hairy beneath. Inflorescence: a 2 - 5 cm long, terminal, nearly stalkless cluster (raceme) of six to fifteen flowers on an upright or sometimes ascending stem. Flowers: white, 8 - 10 mm wide, star-shaped, with six distinct, spreading tepals. Stamens six. Fruit: a one- to two-seeded spherical berry, from green with dark stripes to dark red, 6 - 10 mm wide.

Santa Catalina Mountains.
Turkey Run
Location: Along trail.
6/9/16

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