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Erythronium hendersonii

Henderson's fawn-lily

Erythronium elegans

Coast Range fawn lily, elegant fawn-lily

Bulbs

slender, 40–55 mm.

slender, 30–50 mm.

Leaves

10–25 cm;

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

7–20 cm;

blade green or faintly mottled with brown or white, narrowly ovate, margins often wavy.

Scape

reddish, 12–30 cm.

10–30 cm.

Inflorescences

1–4-flowered.

1–2(–4)-flowered.

Flowers

tepals violet to pink, darker at tips, dark purple at base, broadly lanceolate, 18–35 mm, inner with small auricles at base;

stamens 10–14 mm;

filaments violet-purple, linear, slender, less than 0.8 mm wide;

anthers pale brown to purple;

style violet, 6–8 mm;

stigma unlobed or with lobes shorter than 1 mm.

tepals: inner ± white, outer ± white and tinged (often strongly) with pink, especially abaxially and along midline, becoming more generally pinkish with age, both inner and outer with yellow band at base, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 20–40 mm, abaxial surfaces and outer tepals often darker, inner auriculate at base;

stamens 13–22 mm;

filaments white, flattened, slightly widened, linear to lanceolate, 0.8–2 mm wide;

anthers yellow;

style white, 10–20 mm;

stigma with slender, usually recurved lobes 2–4 mm.

Capsules

obovoid, 2–4 cm.

obovoid to oblong, 2–5 cm.

2n

= 24.

= 48.

Erythronium hendersonii

Erythronium elegans

Phenology Flowering spring (Mar–Apr). Flowering late spring (May–Jun).
Habitat Dry woods and forest openings Meadows and open coniferous forests
Elevation 300–1600 m (1000–5200 ft) 800–1000 m (2600–3300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
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from FNA
OR
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

This species is endemic to the Coast Ranges of western Oregon.

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

Source FNA vol. 26, p. 160. FNA vol. 26, p. 157.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Erythronium Liliaceae > Erythronium
Sibling taxa
E. albidum, E. americanum, E. californicum, E. citrinum, E. elegans, E. grandiflorum, E. helenae, 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. 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
Name authority S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 479. (1887) P. C. Hammond & K. L. Chambers: Madroño 32: 49, fig. 1. (1985)
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