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Oregon fawn-lily

Leaves

12–25 cm;

blades ovate to broadlanceolate, mottled with brown or white (first year leaves of some plants not mottled);

margins wavy.

Inflorescences

1–3-flowered.

Flowers

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 oblong to narrowly obovoid, 3–5 cm.

2n

=24.

Erythronium oregonum

Distribution
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Discussion

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 300
Stephen Meyers
Sibling taxa
E. citrinum, E. elegans, E. grandiflorum, E. hendersonii, E. hendersonii x Erythronium oregonum, E. klamathense, E. montanum, E. multiscapideum, E. revolutum
Synonyms Erythronium giganteum, Erythronium oregonum ssp. leucandrum, Erythronium oregonum var. leucandrum, Erythronium oregonum var. oregonum
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