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bracts usually six in number giving
The flower clusters are composed of numerous, small, greenish flowers, forming a large, protruding knob, which is surrounded by large, white, petal-like bracts, usually six in number, giving the effect of a single handsome flower, measuring from three to six inches across.
— from Field Book of Western Wild Flowers by Margaret Armstrong

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