Bead Lily, Bride's Bonnet, Queen's Cup: Clintonia uniflora (Synonyms: Smilacina borealis var. uniflora, Smilacina uniflora)

Bead lily (aka, queen's cup) blooming at left along the Soda Peaks Lake Trail #133, Trapper Creek Wilderness Area........July 8, 2018.The photo at right shows bead lilies in bloom along the McClellan Meadows Trail #157 several miles to the west of the Indian Heaven Wilderness, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.......July 4, 2020.

Queen's cup in bloom along the summit ridge that makes up Monte Cristo, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.......June 18, 2021.

A plethora of bead lilies in fruit along the Observation Trail #132, Sister Rocks Research Natural Area, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.....September 6, 2023.

Bead lily as seen at springs at about 4300' atop the ridge dividing Dairy and Cougar Creeks at the southeastern slopes of Mt. Adams........July 10, 2005.

Fall foliage of bead lily observedat left in forest along the Fret Creek Trail #456A, Badger Creek Wilderness.......September 26, 2021. The photo at right shows a bead lily in bloom along the Fifteenmile Trail #456 several hundred yards downhill to the east of Fifteenmile Campground, Mount Hood National Forest......July 8, 2022.

Queen's cup in bloom along the Lewis River Trail #31 downstream of Bolt Camp, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.......June 18, 2024.

The photos above and below both show the attractive, dark bluish fruits of bead lily as seen along the Island Springs Trail #66 at Island Springs Creek on the eastern slopes of Mt. Adams........August 25, 2005. Note the long, spreading hairs on the pedicel below the fruit in the photo above.

Bead lily in bloom along the Fifteenmile Trail #456 several hundred yards downhill to the east of Fifteenmile Campground, Mount Hood National Forest......June 27, 2022.

Bead lily and aphid as seen along the Island Springs Trail on the eastern slopes of Mt. Adams........July 1, 2005. Note the long, narrow anthers which are held perpendicular to the thick, white filaments.

Bead lily as seen along the Island Springs Trail on the eastern slopes of Mt. Adams........July 1, 2005. Note the numerous spreading hairs covering the outer surface of the tepals.

Bead lily as seen along the Island Springs Trail on the eastern slopes of Mt. Adams..........July 1, 2005.

The basal leaves and fruit of a bead lily as seen along the Juniper Ridge Trail #261 in the Dark Divide, Gifford Pinchot National Forest..........September 13, 2014.