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Oregon fawn-lily

Erythronium klamathense

Klamath 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.

6–17 cm;

blades lanceolate to elliptic, not mottled;

margins entire to wavy.

Inflorescences

1–3-flowered.

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.

tepals 20–35 mm, white, with large zone of yellow at base;

inner tepals with auricles at base;

stamens 8–15 mm;

filaments linear; less than 1 mm wide, white;

anthers yellow;

style 4–10 mm, white;

stigma entire.

Fruits

capsules oblong to narrowly obovoid, 3–5 cm.

capsules 2–5 cm.

2n

=24.

=24.

Erythronium oregonum

Erythronium klamathense

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.

Montane meadows, forest openings, rock outcrops. Flowering May–Jul. 400–2100m. Casc, Sisk. CA. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 300
Stephen Meyers
Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 299
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
E. citrinum, E. elegans, E. grandiflorum, E. hendersonii, E. hendersonii x Erythronium oregonum, E. montanum, E. multiscapideum, E. oregonum, E. revolutum
Synonyms Erythronium giganteum, Erythronium oregonum ssp. leucandrum, Erythronium oregonum var. leucandrum, Erythronium oregonum var. oregonum
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