RHH's photos with the keyword: erythronium

I posted a photo of some Glacier Lilies yesterday. Here are some close-ups taken several weeks earlier near Washington Pass in the North Cascades.

I posted a photo of some Glacier Lilies yesterday. Here are some close-ups taken several weeks earlier near Washington Pass in the North Cascades.

I posted a photo of some Glacier Lilies yesterday. Here are some close-ups taken several weeks earlier near Washington Pass in the North Cascades.

I posted a photo of some Glacier Lilies yesterday. Here are some close-ups taken several weeks earlier near Washington Pass in the North Cascades.

When I hiked the Chain Lakes trail near Mount Baker with one of my sons the early wildflowers were starting to open including these Glacier Lilies.

When we were in Michigan in April and May we saw Trout Lilies, Erythronium americanum, in bud or blooming nearly everywhere we went. I had not seen them in years, not since we lived in the eastern USA, so it was a delight to become reacquainted. We have a number of species of Erythronium here in Washington but not this one. One of the insets was taken in the ditch near our son's home and the other two in a Grand Rapids city park. This photo was taken in Rosy Mound Natural Area near Lake Michigan. The plant is named for its speckled leaves but in this photo the foliage in the background is of another plant, a Dicentra.

These Trout Lilies were photographed at a Grand Rapids city park named The Ravines. It is along the Grand River and is a great natural area. The photo shows the beautifully patterned leaves for which the plant is named.

This Trout Lily, Erythronium americanum, shows off not only its beautiful flower but its patterned leaves, the leaves for which the plant is named. It was photographed in The Ravines, a Grand Rapids, Michigan, city park.

This Trout Lily was photographed in the ditch near our son's home in Michigan. It was the first Trout Lily I had seen in many years. We make frequent trips to Michigan but seldom in the spring and we found these not only on his property but in several of the parks we visited.

Erythronium oreganum grows in abundance in several of the coastal park on Fidalgo Island and we make a point of going to see them every spring. This one was photographed in Washington Park near Anacortes, Washington, on what was obviously a wet day. On another note, we will be away for several days, first in the Olympic Mountains and then in eastern Washington. Commenting and posting may be delayed or sporadic, so please be patient and I'll eventually catch everyone up again. We'll be home again next week Tuesday.

The name of this beautiful lily refers to the mottled leaves rather than to the flowers. Its botanical name is Erythronium oreganum and it is one of our spring beauties. This example was photographed in Sharpe Park on Fidalgo Island.

The Fawn Lily, Erythronium oreganum, is an early spring wildflower that blooms in open woodlands here in the Pacific Northwest. This one was photographed in Sharpe Park on Fidalgo Island.

This is the flower we went to photograph at Washington Park when we discovered that the Fairy Slippers were already blooming. It is Erythronium oregonum, the Oregon Fawn Lily, a wildflower we go every year to see during its short bloom season.

The Avalanche Lily, Erythronium montanum, blooms soon after snowmelt and sometimes through the snow. These were photographed along the Lake Ann trail in the North Cascades.

One of our spring-blooming wildflowers and photographed last spring in Washington Pass in the North Cascades. Glacier Lilies, Erythronium grandiflorum, bloom just as the snow is melting and often through the snow. The snow was gone when this was photographed but it had been very wet in the pass the night before.

Glacier Lilies, Erythronium grandiflorum, bloom just as the snow melts and sometimes through the melting snow. They are one of our favorite wildflowers and we go to see them every spring in the Cascades. This one, however, was photographed in Mount Robson Park on a backpacking trip there in 2010.

Erythronium grandiflorum, the Glacier Lily blooms in the mountains at the edge of the snow melt and sometimes through the snow. They can be seen at different altitudes from April into August and are one of our favorite wildflowers. These were photographed in Washington Pass along the North Cascades Highway last spring, an area where we go every year to see them, though they can be seen elsewhere as well, notably along the Obstruction Point Road in Olympic National Park where they bloom by the millions in late July and early August. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2013/08/highway-20-through-cascades-and-eastern.html