Erythronium citrinum |
Erythronium pusaterii |
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citrus fawn lily, cream fawn lily, lemon color fawn lily, lemon fawn lily, pale fawn-lily |
hocket lakes fawn lily, Kaweah fawn lily, Kaweah Lakes fawn-lily |
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Bulbs | slender, 40–50 mm, sometimes producing sessile offsets. |
narrowly ovoid, 40–60 mm. |
Leaves | 9–15 cm; blade mottled with irregular streaks of brown or white, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, margins ± wavy. |
10–35 cm; blade green, lanceolate, margins ± wavy. |
Scape | 12–35 cm. |
12–40 cm. |
Inflorescences | 1–3-flowered. |
1–8-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 white, proximal 1/2–2/3 bright yellow, becoming pinkish in age, lanceolate, 25–45 mm, inner auriculate at base; stamens 8–15 mm; filaments ± white, slender; anthers yellow; style ± white, 7–10 mm; stigma ± unlobed, or with lobes shorter than 1 mm. |
Capsules | obovoid, 2–5 cm. |
obovoid, 2–4 cm. |
2n | = 24. |
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Erythronium citrinum |
Erythronium pusaterii |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Mar–May). | Flowering late spring (Apr–May). |
Habitat | Dry woods, brushy slopes, common on serpentine substrates | Meadows, open forests, rocky ledges |
Elevation | 100–1300 (–1800) m (300–4300 (–5900) ft) | 2100–2500 m (6900–8200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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CA |
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.) |
Of conservation concern. Erythronium pusaterii is known only from Tulare County in the southern 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 |
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Synonyms | E. citrinum var. roderickii, E. howellii | E. grandiflorum subsp. pusaterii |
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 480. (1887) | (Munz & J. T. Howell) Shevock: Madroño 37: 264. (1991) |
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