We saw these in shaded areas around Wahtum Lake and upper Herman Creek. In the picture it looks like it has 4 leaves, but each plant had just two leaves, a single thin stem, and a single dark blue berry on the end of the stem.
We had no memory of seeing these before, but if it wasn't for the blue berry we wouldn't have paid attention to the small ground cover leaves. The dark blue color was really pretty.
Small dark blue berry
Small dark blue berry
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Re: Small dark blue berry
Queen's cup, a.k.a bead lily (Clintonia uniflora).
(I correctly guessed it based on the subject of the thread, without even seeing the pictures. )
(I correctly guessed it based on the subject of the thread, without even seeing the pictures. )
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Re: Small dark blue berry
can you eat it?
Re: Small dark blue berry
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Re: Small dark blue berry
Okay, I think I'll pass, at least it doesn't sound like they're poisonous
Re: Small dark blue berry
Here's another pic of a blue bead lily from around Bald Mountain.