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Avalanche Lily

Erythronium montanum

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    1 - Avalanche Lily, Erythronium montanum.

    08/01/2012 Obstruction Point Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    2 - Avalanche Lily.

    07/12/2014 Obstruction Point Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    3 - Avalanche Lily.

    07/14/2017 Obstruction Point Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    4 - Avalanche Lily.

    07/17/2012 Hurricane Hill Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    5 - Avalanche Lily.

    06/26/2012 Obstruction Point Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    6 - Avalanche Lily.

    06/02/2014 Obstruction Point Road near the Cox Valley Trailhead, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    7 - Avalanche Lily.

    07/12/2014 Obstruction Point Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    8 - Avalanche Lily bud.

    06/02/2014 Obstruction Point Road near the Cox Valley Trailhead, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    9 - Avalanche Lily.

    06/02/2014 Obstruction Point Road near the Cox Valley Trailhead, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    10 - Avalanche Lily, an older flower beginning to turn pink.

    06/02/2014 Obstruction Point Road near the Cox Valley Trailhead, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    11 - Avalanche Lily, an older flower that has turned pink.

    08/05/2013 Obstruction Point Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    12 - Avalanche Lily, with the petals (P) and sepals (S) labeled.

    08/05/2013 Obstruction Point Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    13 - Avalanche Lily. The tepals have withered and the plant is forming seeds.

    07/26/2018 Obstruction Point Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    14 - Avalanche Lily. The tepals have withered and the plant is forming seeds.

    07/26/2018 Obstruction Point Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    15 - Avalanche Lily seed head.

    08/05/2013 Obstruction Point Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

Avalanche Lily, Erythronium montanum, blooms right after the snow melts, and in some meadows carpets the ground. The large, showy, white flowers may become pink as they age. What appears to be six petals are actually three petals and three sepals. A botanist might say the flower has six tepals, a term used when petals and the underlying sepals look the same.