Erythronium albidum |
Erythronium tuolumnense |
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white fawnlily, white trout-lily |
Tuolumne fawn-lily |
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Bulbs | ovoid, 15–30 mm; stolons 1–3, mostly on 1-leaved, nonflowering plants; flowering plants reproducing vegetatively by offshoots or droppers. |
ovoid, 50–100 mm, readily forming sessile offsets. |
Leaves | 8–22 cm; blade green, irregularly mottled, elliptic-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, ± flat, glaucous, margins entire. |
15–35 cm; blade green, elliptic to ovate, margins entire to ± wavy. |
Scape | 7–20 cm. |
± reddish, 15–35 cm. |
Inflorescences | 1-flowered. |
usually 1–4-flowered. |
Flowers | tepals strongly reflexed at anthesis, white, tinged pink, blue, or lavender abaxially, with yellow adaxial spot at base, lanceolate, 22–40 mm, auricles absent; stamens 10–20 mm; filaments yellow, lanceolate; anthers yellow; pollen yellow; style white, 15–25 mm; stigma lobes recurving, 1.5 mm. |
tepals yellow, narrowly ovate, 20–35 mm, inner with small auricles at base; stamens 12–16 mm; filaments white to creamy white, slightly widened, 0.4–0.6 mm wide at base; anthers yellow; style ± white, 8–10 mm; stigma ± unlobed or with lobes shorter than 1 mm. |
Capsules | held erect at maturity, obovoid, 10–22 mm, apex rounded to faintly apiculate or umbilicate. |
obovoid, 2–4 cm. |
2n | = 44. |
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Erythronium albidum |
Erythronium tuolumnense |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering early spring (Mar). |
Habitat | Mesic bottomlands, upland forests, woodlands, clay and silt bottomlands, floodplain forests | Open woods, shady canyons |
Elevation | 0–300 m (0–1000 ft) | 600–1000 m (2000–3300 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MD; MI; MN; MO; MS; NE; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; SD; TN; TX; VA; WI; WV; ON
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CA |
Discussion | Erythronium albidum often forms extensive colonies in which nonflowering, 1-leaved plants far outnumber flowering, 2-leaved ones. It is very widespread in eastern North America, more common in the central states than E. americanum and often occurs in slightly drier sites. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 163. | FNA vol. 26, p. 159. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Erythronium | Liliaceae > Erythronium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Nuttall: Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 223. (1818) | Applegate: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 153. (1930) |
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