11119 Passionate Purple Ookow Fls, Ashland, OR - May 2007. This curiously named plant heralds the transition from spring to summer. It rises tall and slender out of the dry earth a little before the grass and vetch begin to fade, to grace the oak hilsides with its lovely color.
Common name: Forktooth Ookow
Scientific name: Dichelostemma congestum
Plant family: Lily family

11119 Passionate Purple Ookow Fls, Ashland, OR - May 2007. This curiously named plant heralds the transition from spring to summer. It rises tall and slender out of the dry earth a little before the grass and vetch begin to fade, to grace the oak hilsides with its lovely color.
Common name: Forktooth Ookow
Scientific name: Dichelostemma congestum
Plant family: Lily family