The green links below add additional plants to the comparison table. Blue links lead to other Web sites.
enable glossary links

California fawn-lily

pilot ridge fawn lily, Taylor's fawn-lily

Bulbs

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

narrowly ovoid, 40–70 mm, often forming sessile offsets.

Leaves

7–18 cm;

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

18–35 cm;

blade green, elliptic to oblanceolate, margins wavy.

Scape

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

25–40 cm.

Inflorescences

1–3-flowered.

1–4(–8)-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 white, proximal 1/2–2/3 bright yellow, becoming pinkish in age, lanceolate, 25–45 mm, inner auriculate at base;

stamens 10–16 mm;

filaments yellow, slender;

anthers cream colored;

style white to cream, 9–11 mm;

stigma ± unlobed or with lobes shorter than 1 mm.

Capsules

obovoid, 3–6 cm.

obovoid, 2–4 cm.

2n

= 24.

Erythronium californicum

Erythronium taylorii

Phenology Flowering spring (Mar–Apr). Flowering spring (Apr–May).
Habitat Dry woods, openings, cliffs Forest openings, rocky ledges
Elevation 0–1900 m (0–6200 ft) 1300–1400 m (4300–4600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[WildflowerSearch map]
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
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.)

Erythronium taylorii is known only from Tuolumne County in the central Sierra Nevada.

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

Source FNA vol. 26, p. 160. FNA vol. 26, p. 159.
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. revolutum, E. rostratum, E. tuolumnense, E. umbilicatum
Name authority Purdy: Fl. & Sylva 2: 253. (1904) Shevock & G. A. Allen: Madroño 44: 360, fig. 1. (1998)
Web links