Bronze Bells (Stenanthium occidentale)

Near Easy Pass, North Cascades NP, WA 8/2012.
This uncommon (and uncommonly modest) lily has a nodding raceme of bells rising from grassy onion-like leaves.
“Once you have found this curiously charming plant in the moist, shady woodlands it prefers, stop and enjoy the tangy fragrance of the flowers.” — Scotter & Flygare, Wildflowers of the Canadian Rockies.

Wahclella Falls Trail (Tanner Creek), Columbia Gorge, OR, 5/2014.
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This entry was posted on July 20, 2013 by nwwildflowers. It was filed under Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge West, July, lily, Low Elevation, marsh wetland/water's edge, Mid Elevation, orange/red, raceme, shaded forests, Unique to Northwest and was tagged with Easy Pass, flower, North Cascades National Park, Wildflowers.
A lovely liliaceous plant, I must keep an eye out for seed on this one.
July 20, 2013 at 6:11 pm