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From Hike to Falls Creek Falls 6/6/14 H322

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

There are twenty different lilies that grow in the Columbia Gorge.
Click Here to see a list of the Twenty Lillies that grow in the Columbia Gorge
The Bead Lily has two to three basal leaves that are elliptic or oblong in shape.

From Hike to Dog River 6/10/14 H323

Bead Lily
Also called: Bride's Bonnet, Queen's Cup
(Clintonia uniflora)

Twenty different lilies grow in the gorge

Onions: The Genus Allium

Asparagus Asparagus officinalis

Bluedick Brodiaea, Crown Brodiaea, Harvest Brodiaea, Harvest Lily Brodiaea coronaria

Mariposa Lilies, Star Tulips: The Genus Calochortus

Camas: The Genus Camassia

Queen's Cup/ Bead Lily Clintonia uniflora

Ball-headed Cluster Lily Dichelostemma congestum

Fairy Bells and Fairy Lanterns: The Genus Disporum

Fawn Lilies: The Genus Erythronium

Fritillaries: The Genus Fritillaria

Columbia Lily, Columbian Lily, Oregon Lily, Tiger Lily Lilium columbianum

False Solomon Plumes and False Lilies-of-the-valley:

Bronze Bells, Mission Bells, Western Featherbells, Western Stenanthium Anticlea occidentale

Twisted Stalks: The Genus Streptopus

Western False Asphodel, Shortstyle Tofieldia, Sticky Asphodel,

Wood Lilies, Wake Robins or Trilliums: The Genus Trillium

Cluster Lilies: The Genus Triteleia (formerly Brodiaea)

False Hellebores: The Genus Veratrum

Bear-grass Xerophyllum tenax

Death-camas: The Genus Zigadenus

From Hike to Mary's Peak 6/24/14 H326

Bead Lily
Also called: Bride's Bonnet, Queen's Cup
(Clintonia uniflora)

From Hike to Tamanawas Falls 6/26/14 H327

From Hike to Three Corner Rock 7/03/14 H328

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

There are twenty different lilies that grow in the Columbia Gorge.

The bead lilies we saw on this hike were particularly beautiful in that they had just opened and they were not fully flat, as are many bead lilies that one sees

From Hike to McIntyre Ridge 7/8/14 H329

The leaves of the Bead Lily are quite distinctive.

They are long, dark green and Basal

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From Hike to Dog River 6/10/14 H323

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From Hike to Mary's Peak 6/24/14 H326

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From Hike to Tamanawas Falls 6/26/14 H327

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From Hike to Three Corner Rock 7/03/14 H328

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