Erythronium citrinum |
Erythronium klamathense |
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citrus fawn lily, cream fawn lily, lemon color fawn lily, lemon fawn lily, pale fawn-lily |
Klamath fawn-lily |
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Bulbs | slender, 40–50 mm, sometimes producing sessile offsets. |
slender, 25–40 mm. |
Leaves | 9–15 cm; blade mottled with irregular streaks of brown or white, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, margins ± wavy. |
6–17 cm; blade green, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, ± folded along midvein, margins entire to wavy. |
Scape | 12–35 cm. |
6–20 cm. |
Inflorescences | 1–3-flowered. |
1–3-flowered. |
Flowers | tepals ± white, often pinkish, usually pale yellow at base, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 25–45 mm, inner with or without small auricles at base; stamens 11–17 mm; filaments linear, white or pinkish, slender, less than 0.8 mm wide; anthers white, cream, pink, reddish, or brownish red; style straight, white or pink, 6–10 mm; stigma unlobed or with lobes shorter than 1 mm. |
tepals 2/3 or more white, with yellow zone at base, ± pinkish in age, broadly lanceolate, 20–35 mm, inner with small auricles at base; stamens 8–14 mm; filaments white, slender; anthers ± yellow; style white, 4–9 mm; stigma ± unlobed. |
Capsules | obovoid, 2–5 cm. |
narrowly obovoid, 2–5 cm. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
Erythronium citrinum |
Erythronium klamathense |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Mar–May). | Flowering late spring to summer (Apr–Jun). |
Habitat | Dry woods, brushy slopes, common on serpentine substrates | Montane meadows, openings in coniferous forests |
Elevation | 100–1300 (–1800) m (300–4300 (–5900) ft) | 1200–1900 m (3900–6200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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CA; OR
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Discussion | Plants lacking auricles on inner tepals are sometimes segregated as Erythronium howellii, Howell’s fawn-lily, but they do not appear to differ from typical E. citrinum in any other characters. Erythronium citrinum intergrades with E. californicum and E. hendersonii, occasional populations or individuals displaying intermediate or recombined characteristics. Such plants from the upper Scott River drainage in Trinity County, California, which may be the result of introgression with E. hendersonii, have been recognized as variety roderickii. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 160. | FNA vol. 26, p. 158. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Erythronium | Liliaceae > Erythronium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | E. citrinum var. roderickii, E. howellii | |
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 480. (1887) | Applegate: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 151. (1930) |
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