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Erythronium elegans

elegant fawn-lily

Erythronium hendersonii

Henderson's fawn-lily

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

Distribution
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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
E. citrinum, E. grandiflorum, E. hendersonii, E. hendersonii x Erythronium oregonum, E. klamathense, E. montanum, E. multiscapideum, E. oregonum, E. revolutum
E. citrinum, E. elegans, E. grandiflorum, E. hendersonii x Erythronium oregonum, E. klamathense, E. montanum, E. multiscapideum, E. oregonum, E. revolutum
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