[The Lily Family in the Columbia River Gorge]
The Fritillaries of the Columbia River Gorge

The Genus Fritillaria

Choclolate Lily

Checker Lily, Chocolate Lily, Mission Bells Fritillaria affinis (Synonyms: Fritillaria lanceolata, Fritillaria affinis ssp. affinis, Fritillaria affinis var. affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata var. gracilis, Fritillaria lanceolata var. tristulis, Fritillaria multiflora, Fritillaria parviflora, Fritillaria phaeanthera, Lilium affine) - Flowers brownish to brownish-purple, mottled with green or occasionally white or yellow. Leaves more numerous, scattered and alternate to semiwhorled.

Yellow Bells, Yellow Fritillary, Yellow Missionbells Fritillaria pudica (Synonyms: Lilium pudicum, Ochrocodon pudicus) - Flowers yellow fading to red or purplish with age. Leaves generally 2 and subopposite, or occasionally more numerous and semiwhorled.

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica as seen along the Three Bench Loop Trail above Doug's Beach (along SR 14 east of Lyle, WA) in the Columbia River Gorge..................February 12, 2006.
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