Burke: Erythronium citrinum vs. Erythronium quinaultense

	Erythronium citrinum	Erythronium quinaultense
		Olympic fawn-lily, Quinault trout-lily
Habit		Herbaceous, scapose perennials from narrowly ovoid bulbs 35-75 mm. long; scapes 12-25 cm. tall.
Leaves		Leaves basal, 12-25 cm. long, green or faintly mottled with white or brown, lanceolate to ovate, the margins wavy.
Flowers		Inflorescence of 1-3 flowers; tepals 6, white at the base, shading to pink, darkest toward the tips, with a yellow band at the base, lanceolate to ovate, 30-50 mm. long, the inner 3 with small auricles at the base; stamens 6, 12-24 mm. long, the filaments white, flattened; style white, 10-18 mm. long; stigma 3-lobed,the lobes recurved.
Fruits		Capsules oblong to ovoid, 3-6 mm. long.

	Erythronium citrinum	Erythronium quinaultense
Flowering time		May-June
Habitat		Coniferous forest understory and edge, and moist slopes at low to moderate elevations.
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring west of the Cascades crest on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, where endemic to Grays Harbor and Jefferson counties. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin		Native
Conservation status		Threatened in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa	E. grandiflorum, E. idahoense, E. montanum, E. oregonum, E. quinaultense, E. revolutum	E. grandiflorum, E. idahoense, E. montanum, E. oregonum, E. revolutum
Web links	Local floras: CA, OR Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Erythronium citrinum

Erythronium quinaultense

Olympic fawn-lily, Quinault trout-lily

Habit

Herbaceous, scapose perennials from narrowly ovoid bulbs 35-75 mm. long; scapes 12-25 cm. tall.

Leaves

Leaves basal, 12-25 cm. long, green or faintly mottled with white or brown, lanceolate to ovate, the margins wavy.

Flowers

Inflorescence of 1-3 flowers;

tepals 6, white at the base, shading to pink, darkest toward the tips, with a yellow band at the base, lanceolate to ovate, 30-50 mm. long, the inner 3 with small auricles at the base;

stamens 6, 12-24 mm. long, the filaments white, flattened;

style white, 10-18 mm. long;

stigma 3-lobed,the lobes recurved.

Fruits

Capsules oblong to ovoid, 3-6 mm. long.