Erythronium montanum
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| Erythronium montanum S.Wats. |
Erythronium montanum (avalanche lily, white avalanche lily) is a member of the lily family native to coastal British Columbia and the alpine and subalpine Olympic and Cascade Ranges of the Pacific Northwest of North America.
Blooms shortly after snowmelt in late spring, in damp subalpine woodlands and alpine meadows, often in extensive patches. Blooming plants may persist into midsummer about the edges of snowfields. In the central Cascades, it is often found flowering admixed with Clintonia uniflora and Trillium ovatum at the lower elevation end of its range, and with Anemone occidentalis at higher elevations.
The specimen in the illustration, was photographed from a subalpine meadow on the western slope of Mount Hood, Oregon, on the McNeil Point trail close to the small stream crossings just below timberline.
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- Turner & Gustafson; Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest
