Wildlife

Yellow bell

Fritillaria pudica
Habitat
Nez Perce Co.
Conservation
Secure

Bright flowers appear after snowmelt in western mountains. Lewis noted bulb was “shape of biscuit which the native eat.”

Journal References

15 journal entries mention Yellow bell

Mar 4 1806
Lewis: March 4, 1806
... brown on the back head neck wings and tail the breast and belley of a yellowish white; the tail is in proportion as the wren but it is a size smaller than that b...
Mar 6 1806
Clark: March 6, 1806
..., or white larus with a greyish brown back, and light grey belly and breast, about the Size of a well grown pullet, the wings are remarkably long in perpotion to ...
Mar 7 1806
Lewis: March 7, 1806
... or white larus with a greyish brown back and a light grey belley and breast, about the size of a well grown pullet or reather larger. the wings are remarkably lo...
Mar 8 1806
Clark: March 8, 1806
...gs and feet are dark, with a greenish cast; the breast and belly are of a lighter colour than the back and is also intermixed, irregularly, with dark brown and bl...
Mar 8 1806
Lewis: March 8, 1806
...gs and feet also dark with a greenish cast; the breast and belley are of a lighter colour than the back and is also irregularly intermixed with dark brown and bla...
Mar 10 1806
Clark: March 10, 1806
...winged teel. their colour is a duskey black the breast and belly Somewhat lighter than the other parts, or a dark brown. the legs Stand longitudianally with the b...
Mar 10 1806
Lewis: March 10, 1806
...winged teal. their colour is a duskey black the breast and belley somewhat lighter than the other parts, or a dark brown. the legs stand longitudinally with the b...
Mar 13 1806
Clark: March 13, 1806
...ore yellow. this fish is Sometimes red along the Sides and belly near the gills; particularly the male of this Species. The Red Charr are reather broader in propor...
Mar 13 1806
Lewis: March 13, 1806
...ore yellow. this fish is sometimes red along the sides and belley near the gills particularly the male. The red Charr are reather broader in proportion to their l...
Mar 14 1806
Lewis: March 14, 1806
...alls we met with this fish of a silvery white colour on the belley and sides, and a bluish light brown on the back and head. in this neighbourhood we have met wit...
Mar 15 1806
Lewis: March 15, 1806
... the bluish brown of the common wild goose. the breast and belly are white with an irregular mixture of black feathers which give that part a pided appearance. fr...
Mar 15 1806
Clark: March 15, 1806
...the blueish brown of the Common wild goose, the breast and belly are white with an irregular mixture of black feathers which give that part a pided appearance. fr...
Mar 28 1806
Lewis: March 28, 1806
... a small addmixture of perple about the head and neck, the belley & breast were white; some long feathers which lie underneath the wings and cover the thye were o...
Apr 9 1806
Clark: April 9, 1806
... was detected in Stealing a Spoon yesterday, Crept upon his belley with his hands and feet, with a view as I Suppose to take Some of our baggage which was in Seve...
Apr 26 1806
Lewis: April 26, 1806
...nd pallet are smooth. the colour is white on the sides and belley and a blewish brown on the back. the iris of the eye is of a silvery colour and puple black.we c...

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