If Adam or someone else would be so kind! Came across a large boggy meadow of this on the the South end of Surveyors Ridge yesterday.
Also found an old wooden pipe there!
Thanks.
Yet another Flower ID
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Isn't that just blooming false hellebore?
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Looks like it from the leaves!
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It's the white-flowered species: Veratrum californicum (California false-hellebore). The green flowered one - Veratrum viride - is somewhat more common in northern Oregon.
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Specifically, it's California corn lily/false hellbore (Veratrum californicum); it has white flowers on ascending stalks. Green corn lily (Veratrum viride) has green flowers on droopy stalks.
You can find both near Mt. Hood, but the green version is strictly subalpine, and the white one is more of an east-sider.
You can find both near Mt. Hood, but the green version is strictly subalpine, and the white one is more of an east-sider.
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Thanks all, struck me because there was so much of it in one place! A whole meadow full.
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Yeah, that's pretty good. Seems like I only ever see the whole meadowfuls when they're still a month or two away from blooming: