Erythronium hendersonii |
Erythronium pusaterii |
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Henderson's fawn-lily |
hocket lakes fawn lily, Kaweah fawn lily, Kaweah Lakes fawn-lily |
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Bulbs | slender, 40–55 mm. |
narrowly ovoid, 40–60 mm. |
Leaves | 10–25 cm; blade mottled with irregular streaks of brown or white, oblong to ovate, margins entire to ± wavy. |
10–35 cm; blade green, lanceolate, margins ± wavy. |
Scape | reddish, 12–30 cm. |
12–40 cm. |
Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered. |
1–8-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. |
tepals white, proximal 1/2–2/3 bright yellow, becoming pinkish in age, lanceolate, 25–45 mm, inner auriculate at base; stamens 8–15 mm; filaments ± white, slender; anthers yellow; style ± white, 7–10 mm; stigma ± unlobed, or with lobes shorter than 1 mm. |
Capsules | obovoid, 2–4 cm. |
obovoid, 2–4 cm. |
2n | = 24. |
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Erythronium hendersonii |
Erythronium pusaterii |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Mar–Apr). | Flowering late spring (Apr–May). |
Habitat | Dry woods and forest openings | Meadows, open forests, rocky ledges |
Elevation | 300–1600 m (1000–5200 ft) | 2100–2500 m (6900–8200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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CA |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. Erythronium pusaterii is known only from Tulare County in the southern 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. 159. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Erythronium | Liliaceae > Erythronium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | E. grandiflorum subsp. pusaterii | |
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 479. (1887) | (Munz & J. T. Howell) Shevock: Madroño 37: 264. (1991) |
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