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Erythronium hendersonii

Henderson's fawn-lily

fawn-lily, trout-lily

Habit Herbs perennial, scape-like; from elongate bulbs, rhizomes present.
Leaves

10–25 cm;

blades oblong to lanceovate, mottled brown or white;

margins entire to wavy.

2(3), or 1 in non-flowering plants;

basal, with short petioles;

blades lanceolate to elliptic, 5–25 cm, mottled or not, glabrous;

margins entire or wavy.

Scapes

5–35 cm long.

Inflorescences

1–4-flowered.

peduncled racemes, 1–10-flowered.

Flowers

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.

usually nodding;

tepals 6, recurved; distinct, similar, often strongly recurved, lanceolate to ovate, white, yellow, pink, or purple, often different colored at base;

stamens 6;

ovary superior;

style 1;

stigma entire or 3-lobed, recurved when lobed.

Fruits

capsules 2–4 cm.

capsules; ovoid to oblong, 3-sided; dehiscence loculicidal.

Seeds

ovoid, brown.

2n

=24.

Erythronium hendersonii

Erythronium

Distribution
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Discussion

Openings in dry woods, occasionally fields or meadows. Flowering Mar–May. 200–1800m. Casc, Sisk. CA. Native.

Northern Hemisphere. 27 species; 8 species treated in Flora.

A small population of E. multiscapideum was discovered in Jackson County in 2010. The collector (Frank Callahan), however, notes that the number of plants was not abundant and that the population was suffering from browsing deer. Whether this species is currently present in Oregon is unknown at this time.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 299
Stephen Meyers
Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 298
Stephen Meyers
Sibling taxa
E. citrinum, E. elegans, E. grandiflorum, E. hendersonii x Erythronium oregonum, E. klamathense, E. montanum, E. multiscapideum, E. oregonum, E. revolutum
Subordinate taxa
E. citrinum, E. elegans, E. grandiflorum, E. hendersonii, E. klamathense, E. montanum, E. multiscapideum, E. oregonum, E. revolutum
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