[The Lily Family East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Harvest Lilies East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Brodiaea, Dichelostemma and Triteleia

Flower of Bluedicks, Bluedick Brodiaea, Crown Brodiaea, Harvest Brodiaea, Harvest Lily: Brodiaea coronaria (Synonyms: Brodiaea coronaria var. coronaria, Brodiaea coronaria ssp. coronaria, Brodiaea rosea ssp. rosea)

Harvest Brodiaea: Brodiaea coronaria

Bluedicks, Bluedick Brodiaea, Crown Brodiaea, Harvest Brodiaea, Harvest Lily: Brodiaea coronaria (Synonyms: Brodiaea coronaria var. coronaria, Brodiaea coronaria ssp. coronaria, Brodiaea rosea ssp. rosea) - Plants low to ground, scapes 15-40 cm high. 3 fertile stamens present, each from 5-9 mm long.

Elegant Brodiaea, Harvest Brodiaea, Elegant Cluster-lily: Brodiaea elegans (Synonyms: Brodiaea elegans var. elegans, Brodiaea elegans ssp. elegans, Brodiaea elegans ssp. hooveri) - Collected in the 1880s at the east end of the Columbia River Gorge. Not seen since?

Blue Dicks, Douglas' Brodiaea, Large-flowered Triteleia: Triteleia grandiflora (Synonyms: Brodiaea douglasii, Brodiaea douglasii var. douglasii, Triteleia grandiflora ssp. grandiflora, Triteleia grandiflora var. grandiflora) - Plants higher, scapes 30-80 cm high. 6 fertile stamens present, each 1.5-3 mm long. Corolla with long tube and flaring lobes, from 18-30 mm long, concealing the ovary. Filaments about as thick as wide, not flattened. The inner 3 corolla lobes are wider and ruffled, the outer narrower and not ruffled (See photo above.).

Bicolored Cluster Lily, Howell's Triteleia, Large-flowered Triteleia: Triteleia grandiflora (Synonyms: Brodiaea bicolor, Brodiaea douglasii var. howellii, Brodiaea howellii, Triteleia grandiflora ssp. grandiflora, Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii, Triteleia howellii) - Plants higher, scapes 30-80 cm high. 6 fertile stamens present, each 1.5-3 mm long. Corolla with long tube and flaring lobes, from 18-30 mm long, concealing the ovary. Filaments flat. The inner 3 corolla lobes are similar to the outer 3 lobes.

Harvest Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina (Brodiaea hyacinthina) - Plants higher, scapes 30-70 cm high. 6 fertile stamens present, each 1.5-3 mm long. Corolla shallowly bell-shaped, 10-16 mm long and not concealing the ovary.


Paul Slichter