Erythronium hendersonii |
Erythronium montanum |
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Henderson's fawn-lily |
avalanche-lily, white avalanche-lily, white glacier lily |
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Bulbs | slender, 40–55 mm. |
narrowly ovoid, 25–60 mm. |
Leaves | 10–25 cm; blade mottled with irregular streaks of brown or white, oblong to ovate, margins entire to ± wavy. |
10–20 cm; blade green, ovate to broadly lanceolate, base ± abruptly narrowed to petiole, margins wavy. |
Scape | reddish, 12–30 cm. |
12–35 cm. |
Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered. |
1–3-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 white to creamy white with bright yellow zone at base, broadly ovate to broadly lanceolate, 25–45 mm, inner wider than outer, auriculate at base, length less than 4 times width; stamens 12–24 mm; filaments white, linear, slender, less than 0.8 mm wide; anthers bright yellow; style white, 13–25 mm; stigma with slender, usually recurved lobes 1–5 mm. |
Capsules | obovoid, 2–4 cm. |
oblong, 3–6 cm. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
Erythronium hendersonii |
Erythronium montanum |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Mar–Apr). | Flowering summer, usually soon after snowmelt (Jun–Aug). |
Habitat | Dry woods and forest openings | Montane and subalpine meadows, open coniferous forests |
Elevation | 300–1600 m (1000–5200 ft) | (300–)800–2000 m ((1000–)2600–6600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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OR; WA; BC
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Discussion | This species occurs in the Coast Ranges of southern British Columbia, and disjunctly to southern Vancouver Island, the Olympic Peninsula, and Cascade Mountains from Mount Rainier National Park in Washington to central Oregon. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 160. | FNA vol. 26, p. 157. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Erythronium | Liliaceae > Erythronium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 479. (1887) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 130. (1891) |
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