lilium columbianum

[piranha]

native, and supposedly not rare in BC, but this is only the second time i've seen it around here, so this was a special find. the first peoples of the area used to eat the bulbs, supposedly they're peppery-tasting.

i am sort of tempted to move it, because where it is now it might not survive the next flood, but from what i've read it does not take well to transplanting, so i probably won't.