Erythronium elegans |
Erythronium revolutum |
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elegant fawn-lily |
pink 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 mm; blades broad-lanceolate to ovate, distinctly mottled brown or white; margins entire to wavy. |
Inflorescences | 1–2(4)-flowered. |
1–3-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 25–40 mm, purple-pink, yellow at base; inner tepals with auricles at base; stamens 10–25 mm; filaments flattened, 2–3 mm wide, white to pink; anthers yellow; style 10–20 mm, white to pink; stigma with recurved lobes 4–6 mm long. |
Fruits | capsules 2–5 cm. |
capsules 3–6 cm. |
2n | =48. |
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Erythronium elegans |
Erythronium revolutum |
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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. |
sules 3–6 cm. Wet woods, riparian areas. Flowering Mar–May. 0–1200m. CR, Est, Sisk. CA, WA; north to British Columbia. Native. While generally considered a coastal species, populations of E. revolutum can also be found up to 50km inland. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 298 Stephen Meyers |
Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 300 Stephen Meyers |
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