[Cluster Lilies: The Genus Triteleia in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Hyacinth Cluster Lily, Hyacinth Brodiaea, Hyacinth Triteleia, White Triteleia, White Brodiaea, Fool's-onion

Triteleia hyacinthina

Synonyms: Brodiaea dissimulata, Brodiaea hyacinthina, Hesperoscordum hyacinthinum, Triteleia hyacinthina var. hyacinthina

Inflorescence of Hyacinth Cluster Lily, Hyacinth Brodiaea, Hyacinth Triteleia, White Triteleia, White Brodiaea, Fool's-onion: Triteleia hyacinthina (Synonyms: Brodiaea dissimulata, Brodiaea hyacinthina, Hesperoscordum hyacinthinum, Triteleia hyacinthina var. hyacinthina) - Close-up of the inflorescence of Hyacinth Cluster Lily, Hyacinth Brodiaea: Triteleia hyacinthina (Synonyms: Brodiaea dissimulata, Brodiaea hyacinthina, Hesperoscordum hyacinthinum, Triteleia hyacinthina var. hyacinthina)

The photo at left shows hyacinth cluster lily as seen along the Cedar Creek Trail #457 about five miles east of Fifteenmile Campground, Mount Hood National Forest......June 23, 2023. Hyacinth cluster lilyseen at right at its only known location on Mt. Adams, a vernally wet, rocky meadow along road K6000 at about 2800' on the southeast side of Mt. Adams........June 29, 2005. It is to be expected at similar sites on this side of the mountain, and may occur higher too.

Close-up of the inflorescence of Hyacinth Cluster Lily, Hyacinth Brodiaea: Triteleia hyacinthina (Synonyms: Brodiaea dissimulata, Brodiaea hyacinthina, Hesperoscordum hyacinthinum, Triteleia hyacinthina var. hyacinthina) - Close-up sideview of the inflorescence of Hyacinth Cluster Lily, Hyacinth Brodiaea: Triteleia hyacinthina (Synonyms: Brodiaea dissimulata, Brodiaea hyacinthina, Hesperoscordum hyacinthinum, Triteleia hyacinthina var. hyacinthina) - Close-up photo of the flowers of Hyacinth Cluster Lily, Hyacinth Brodiaea: Triteleia hyacinthina (Synonyms: Brodiaea dissimulata, Brodiaea hyacinthina, Hesperoscordum hyacinthinum, Triteleia hyacinthina var. hyacinthina)

Hyacinth cluster lily at its only known location on Mt. Adams, a vernally wet, rocky meadow along road K6000 at about 2800' on the southeast side of Mt. Adams........June 29, 2005.

Paul Slichter