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California fawn-lily

Erythronium revolutum

coast fawn lily, mahogany fawn lily, pink fawn-lily

Bulbs

ovoid, 35–60 mm, sometimes producing sessile offsets.

narrowly ovoid, 35–50 mm, sometimes producing sessile offsets.

Leaves

7–18 cm;

blade distinctly mottled with irregular streaks of brown or white, oblong to narrowly ovate, margins usually wavy.

10–25 mm;

blade distinctly mottled with irregular streaks of brown or white, broadly lanceolate to ovate, margins entire to ± wavy.

Scape

± reddish, branched well above leaves when flowers more than 1, 10–30 cm.

15–40 cm.

Inflorescences

1–3-flowered.

1–3-flowered.

Flowers

flowering individuals generally abundant in populations;

tepals white to cream, base yellow and often banded with brown or red, ± narrowly ovate, 25–40 mm, inner with small auricles at base;

stamens 12–25 mm;

filaments ± white, linear, slender, less than 0.8 mm wide;

anthers white to cream;

style ± white, 10–14 mm;

stigma unlobed or with lobes less than 2 mm.

tepals uniformly clear violet-pink at anthesis, with yellow banding at base, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 25–40 mm, inner with small auricles at base;

stamens ± appressed to style, 12–22 mm;

filaments white to pink (darkening with age), flattened, ± lanceolate, 2–3 mm wide;

anthers bright yellow;

style white to pink, 12–18 mm;

stigma with slender recurved lobes 4–6 mm.

Capsules

obovoid, 3–6 cm.

oblong to obovoid, 3–6 cm.

2n

= 24.

Erythronium californicum

Erythronium revolutum

Phenology Flowering spring (Mar–Apr). Flowering early spring (Mar–Apr).
Habitat Dry woods, openings, cliffs Shaded stream banks, river terraces, wet places in forests
Elevation 0–1900 m (0–6200 ft) 0–600(–1000) m (0–2000(–3300) ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
CA; OR; WA; BC; generally within 100 km of Pacific Coast
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Discussion

Forms intermediate with Erythronium citrinum and E. multiscapideum are sometimes seen where ranges overlap.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 26, p. 160. FNA vol. 26, p. 158.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Erythronium Liliaceae > Erythronium
Sibling taxa
E. albidum, E. americanum, E. citrinum, E. elegans, E. grandiflorum, E. helenae, E. hendersonii, E. klamathense, E. mesochoreum, E. montanum, E. multiscapideum, E. oregonum, E. pluriflorum, E. propullans, E. purpurascens, E. pusaterii, E. quinaultense, E. revolutum, E. rostratum, E. taylorii, E. tuolumnense, E. umbilicatum
E. albidum, E. americanum, E. californicum, E. citrinum, E. elegans, E. grandiflorum, E. helenae, E. hendersonii, E. klamathense, E. mesochoreum, E. montanum, E. multiscapideum, E. oregonum, E. pluriflorum, E. propullans, E. purpurascens, E. pusaterii, E. quinaultense, E. rostratum, E. taylorii, E. tuolumnense, E. umbilicatum
Name authority Purdy: Fl. & Sylva 2: 253. (1904) Smith: in A. Rees, Cycl. 13: Erythronium no. 3. (1809)
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