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Erythronium hendersonii

Henderson's fawn-lily

purple fawn lily, Sierra Nevada fawn-lily

Bulbs

slender, 40–55 mm.

slender, 25–40 mm.

Leaves

10–25 cm;

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

6–15 cm;

blade green, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, margins ± wavy.

Scape

reddish, 12–30 cm.

7–20 cm.

Inflorescences

1–4-flowered.

1–6-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, bright yellow on proximal 1/3, pinkish purple in age, lanceolate, 10–20 mm, not auriculate at base;

stamens 8–12 mm;

filaments yellow, slender;

anthers cream to yellow;

style yellow, 4–5 mm;

stigma ± unlobed.

Capsules

obovoid, 2–4 cm.

obovoid, 2–4 cm.

2n

= 24.

Erythronium hendersonii

Erythronium purpurascens

Phenology Flowering spring (Mar–Apr). Flowering summer, soon after snowmelt (Jun–Aug).
Habitat Dry woods and forest openings Open coniferous forests, meadows, rocky places
Elevation 300–1600 m (1000–5200 ft) 1500–2700 m (4900–8900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
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CA
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Source FNA vol. 26, p. 160. FNA vol. 26, p. 159.
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. elegans, E. grandiflorum, E. helenae, E. hendersonii, E. klamathense, E. mesochoreum, E. montanum, E. multiscapideum, E. oregonum, E. pluriflorum, E. propullans, 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) S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 277. (1877)
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