Blue Bead Lily
'yellow clintonia'
Perennial. Up to 40 cm tall, usually in patches.
Flowers: Greenish yellow, bell shaped in loose clusters of 2 to 8 flower on tip
of single leafless stalk. Blossoms summer.
Fruit: Bead like berries; blue and dark and shiny forms in clusters. Ripens August.
Habitat: All moisture regimes, soil and stand types.
Berries are poisonous. Aboriginal peoples used the leaves as plaster for bruises
and sores.
