Erythronium hendersonii |
Erythronium oregonum |
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Henderson's fawn-lily |
Oregon fawn-lily |
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Leaves | 10–25 cm; blades oblong to lanceovate, mottled brown or white; margins entire to wavy. |
12–25 cm; blades ovate to broadlanceolate, mottled with brown or white (first year leaves of some plants not mottled); margins wavy. |
Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered. |
1–3-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. |
tepals 30–45 mm, white to cream-colored, becoming more yellow at base with age; inner tepals with auricles at base; stamens 10–25 mm; filaments flattened, 2–3 mm wide, white; anthers cream-colored to yellow; style white; stigma with recurved lobes 3–6 mm long. |
Fruits | capsules 2–4 cm. |
capsules oblong to narrowly obovoid, 3–5 cm. |
2n | =24. |
=24. |
Erythronium hendersonii |
Erythronium oregonum |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Openings in dry woods, occasionally fields or meadows. Flowering Mar–May. 200–1800m. Casc, Sisk. CA. Native. |
Openings in woodlands and meadows. Flowering Mar–Jun. 0–1800m. Casc, CR, Sisk, WV. CA, WA; north to British Columbia. Native. The logo of the Oregon Flora Project is a silhouette of E. oregonum. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 299 Stephen Meyers |
Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 300 Stephen Meyers |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Erythronium giganteum, Erythronium oregonum ssp. leucandrum, Erythronium oregonum var. leucandrum, Erythronium oregonum var. oregonum | |
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