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Desert Lily, Hesperocallis undulata

Coming across one of these sweet-smelling plants always feels like a cause for celebration. Going out and finding them destroyed by the weather is a cause for sorrow. The Spanish settlers called this plant ajo, which means garlic. They got the idea when they dug up one of the bulbs (not a good thing to do) and tasted it.

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