Erythronium elegans |
Erythronium albidum |
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elegant fawn-lily |
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Leaves | 6–15 cm; blades ovate-lanceolate, not mottled or slightly mottled with brown or white; margins usually wavy. |
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Inflorescences | 1–2(4)-flowered. |
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Flowers | tepals 20– 40(50)mm, white or white tinged with pink, usually more pinkish with age, yellow band at base; inner tepals with auricles at base; stamens 12–20 mm; filaments flattened, 0.8–2 mm wide, white; anthers yellow; style white; stigma with recurved lobes 2–4 mm long. |
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Fruits | capsules 2–5 cm. |
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2n | =48. |
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Erythronium elegans |
Erythronium albidum |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Open sites on rocky slopes and cliffs. Flowering May–Jun. 400–1100m. CR. Native. Erythronium elegans is a rare species, known only from the Coast Range in northern Oregon. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 298 Stephen Meyers |
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