Erythronium oregonum |
Erythronium klamathense |
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Oregon fawn-lily |
Klamath fawn-lily |
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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 |
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Distribution | ||
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 | ||
Synonyms | Erythronium giganteum, Erythronium oregonum ssp. leucandrum, Erythronium oregonum var. leucandrum, Erythronium oregonum var. oregonum | |
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