ranges. The leaves often wither before flowers open.

The very short flower stems are leafless, tall, bearing at the tip a whorl of 5-6 linear bracts which are 5-10 mm long. A single proportionally huge flower appears on each stem with 5-9 oval-shaped sepals and many petals. Each flower has between ten and nineteen petals that measure long. They range in color from whitish to deep pink or lavender. Flowering occurs from April through July. At maturity, the bitterroot produces egg-shaped capsules with 6-20 nearly round seeds.

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