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Erythronium elegans

elegant fawn-lily

Erythronium revolutum

pink fawn-lily

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.

Erythronium elegans

Erythronium revolutum

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.

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
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, E. hendersonii x Erythronium oregonum, E. klamathense, E. montanum, E. multiscapideum, E. oregonum
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