Erythronium elegans |
Erythronium hendersonii |
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elegant fawn-lily |
Henderson's 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. |
10–25 cm; blades oblong to lanceovate, mottled brown or white; margins entire to wavy. |
Inflorescences | 1–2(4)-flowered. |
1–4-flowered. |
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. |
tepals 20–38 mm, purple to pink, dark purple at base; inner tepals with auricles at base; stamens 10–15 mm; filaments linear; less than 1 mm wide, purple; anthers brown to purple; style purple; stigma entire or with lobes shorter than 1 mm. |
Fruits | capsules 2–5 cm. |
capsules 2–4 cm. |
2n | =48. |
=24. |
Erythronium elegans |
Erythronium hendersonii |
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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. |
Openings in dry woods, occasionally fields or meadows. Flowering Mar–May. 200–1800m. Casc, Sisk. CA. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 298 Stephen Meyers |
Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 299 Stephen Meyers |
Sibling taxa | ||
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