Beautiful White Lily
Erythronium oregonum

Also called:
White Fawn Lily, Alpine Fawnlily, Avalanche Lily, White Avalanche-lily

Photograhed on the Salmon River trail 3/19/15

Erythronium is a genus with about 30 species of lily.
Erythronium are often called:
fawn lily, trout lily or, adder's tongue

There are 19 native Oregon lilys.
The names are not always used consistently

This Lily has one or two "molted" basal leaves and
a single leafless stalk arising from the molted basal leaves

Click Here to see Erythronium oregonum on hollyhosting.com

Click here to see picture of Erythronium montanum (Avalance Lily) no molted leaves

Click Here to a good discussion of Erythronium montanum (Avalanche Lily)

As stated on www.nwplants.com:
There are many Fawn Lilies (Erythronium)
"There are Yellow Glacier Fawnlily (Erythronium grandiflorum),
Giant White Fawnlily (Erythronium oregonum),
Mahogany Fawnlily (Erythronium revolutum) and 19 others native to Oregon."

Click Here for more info from nwplants.com

Click Here for a list of the 19 Oregon lilys and pictures of each

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