Erythronium hendersonii |
Erythronium helenae |
Erythronium taylorii |
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Henderson's fawn-lily |
Mount St. Helena fawn-lily, Pacific fawnlily, St. Helena fawn lily |
pilot ridge fawn lily, Taylor's fawn-lily |
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Bulbs | slender, 40–55 mm. |
ovoid, 30–55 mm, sometimes producing sessile bulbels. |
narrowly ovoid, 40–70 mm, often forming sessile offsets. |
Leaves | 10–25 cm; blade mottled with irregular streaks of brown or white, oblong to ovate, margins entire to ± wavy. |
7–20 cm; blade mottled with irregular streaks of brown or white, broadly lanceolate to ovate, margins ± wavy. |
18–35 cm; blade green, elliptic to oblanceolate, margins wavy. |
Scape | reddish, 12–30 cm. |
12–30 cm. |
25–40 cm. |
Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered. |
1–3-flowered. |
1–4(–8)-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. |
fragrant; tepals ± white, bright yellow at base, pinkish in age, lanceolate to ovate, 25–40 mm, inner with small auricles at base; stamens 8–13 mm; filaments ± yellow, linear, ± slender, less than 0.8 mm wide; anthers yellow; style ± white, often bent to one side, 5–8 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 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, 2–4 cm. |
obovoid, 2–4 cm. |
obovoid, 2–4 cm. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
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Erythronium hendersonii |
Erythronium helenae |
Erythronium taylorii |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Mar–Apr). | Flowering spring (Mar–Apr). | Flowering spring (Apr–May). |
Habitat | Dry woods and forest openings | Dry woods or scrub, on serpentines | Forest openings, rocky ledges |
Elevation | 300–1600 m (1000–5200 ft) | 500–1200 m (1600–3900 ft) | 1300–1400 m (4300–4600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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Calif (vicinity of Mount St Helena) |
CA |
Discussion | Erythronium taylorii is known only from Tuolumne County in the central Sierra Nevada. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 160. | FNA vol. 26, p. 160. | FNA vol. 26, p. 159. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Erythronium | Liliaceae > Erythronium | Liliaceae > Erythronium |
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Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 479. (1887) | Applegate: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 188. (1933) | Shevock & G. A. Allen: Madroño 44: 360, fig. 1. (1998) |
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