Erythronium hendersonii |
Erythronium pluriflorum |
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Henderson's fawn-lily |
golden fawn-lily, manyflower fawnlily, shuteye peak fawn lily |
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Bulbs | slender, 40–55 mm. |
± ovoid, 40–75 mm. |
Leaves | 10–25 cm; blade mottled with irregular streaks of brown or white, oblong to ovate, margins entire to ± wavy. |
7–30 cm; blade green, oblanceolate to elliptic, margins ± wavy. |
Scape | reddish, 12–30 cm. |
8–35 cm. |
Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered. |
1–10-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 yellow, bronze in age, lanceolate, 15–28 mm, not auriculate at base; stamens 8–12 mm; filaments yellow, slender; anthers yellow; style yellow, 6–8 mm; stigma unlobed or with very short, rounded lobes shorter than 1 mm. |
Capsules | obovoid, 2–4 cm. |
obovoid, 2–4 cm. |
2n | = 24. |
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Erythronium hendersonii |
Erythronium pluriflorum |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Mar–Apr). | Flowering summer (Jun–Jul). |
Habitat | Dry woods and forest openings | Open montane coniferous forests |
Elevation | 300–1600 m (1000–5200 ft) | 2300–2600 m (7500–8500 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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CA |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. Erythronium pluriflorum is known only from Madera County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 160. | FNA vol. 26, p. 159. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Erythronium | Liliaceae > Erythronium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 479. (1887) | Shevock: Madroño 37: 268, fig. 3. (1991) |
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