[Wildflowers with 3, 6 or 9 Petals East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

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

Liliaceae

Elegant Mariposa Lily: Calochortus elegans

Elegant Mariposa Lily: Calochortus elegans

Glacier lily (Erythronium grandiflorum var. chrysandrum)The photo at right shows the ever lovely glacier lily (Erythronium grandiflorum var. chrysandrum).

Amaryllis Family: Amaryllidaceae

Onions: The Genus Allium

Asparagus Family: Asparagaceae

Harvest Lilies, Cluster Lilies & Brodiaeas: The Genus Brodiaea, Dichelostemma & Triteleia

Camas: The Genus Camas

Sand-lily, Sand Lily, Star Lily, Rock Lily: Leucocrinum montanum

False Solomon's Seals: The Genus Maianthemum (formerly the Genus Smilacina)

Cluster Lilies: The Genus Triteleia

Lily Family: Liliaceae

Sego lilies, Mariposa Lilies, and the Cats-ear Lilies: The Genus Calochortus

Queen's Cup, Bead Lily Clintonia uniflora

Fawn Lilies: The Genus Erythronium

Fritillarias: The Genus Fritillaria

Alp Lily, Alpine Lily, Common Alplily: Gagea serotina (Synonyms: Bulbocodium serotinum, Lloydia serotina ssp. serotina, Lloydia serotina var. serotina)

Lilies: The Genus Lilium

Fairybells: The Genus Prosartes (formerly the Genus Disporum)

Clasp-leaf Twisted-stalk, Claspingleaf Twistedstalk, Clasping-leaf Twisted Stalk, Clasping Twisted-stalk, Cucumber Root: Streptopus amplexifolius (Synonyms: Streptopus amplexifolius var. americanus, Streptopus amplexifolius var. amplexifolius, Streptopus amplexifolius var. chalazatus)

False-Hellebore Family: Melanthiaceae

Zigadenes or Death-camas: The Genera Anticlea and Toxicoscordion (formerly the Genus Zigadenus)

Trilliums or Wake-robins: The Genus Trillium

False Hellebores: The Genus Veratrum

Bear Grass, Common Beargrass, Western Turkeybeard: Xerophyllum tenax (Synonyms: Helonias tenax, Xerophyllum douglasii)


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