Checker Lily, Chocolate Lily, Mission Bells
Fritillaria affinis
Synonym: Fritillaria lanceolata
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The photo at left shows a close-up of the inflorescence
of the chocolate lily as seen from the Columbia River Gorge. The photo at right shows a chocolate lily observed along the Pacific Crest Trail adjacent to Hobart Bluff, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument......May 28, 2021.
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Chocolate lilies observed along the Pacific Crest Trail about one mile west of Pilot Butte, southern Jackson County, OR.......May 26, 2021.
The photo above shows the newly opened flower of the chocolate
lily as seen from the Columbia River Gorge. Note the greenish background to
the corolla (sometimes yellowish) with brownish-purple mottling atop the base
color.
The photo above shows a close-up view of the
winged pod of the chocolate lily as seen at the trailhead for the Willard Springs
Trail near the Conboy Lake NWR headquarters............July 28, 2006.
The photo above shows a close-up view downwards towards the top
of the winged pod of the chocolate lily as seen at the trailhead for the Willard
Springs Trail near the Conboy Lake NWR headquarters............July
28, 2006.
Paul Slichter