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Erythronium hendersonii

Henderson's fawn-lily

hocket lakes fawn lily, Kaweah fawn lily, Kaweah Lakes fawn-lily

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.

Erythronium hendersonii

Erythronium pusaterii

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
from FNA
CA; OR
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from FNA
CA
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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.)

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. purpurascens, E. quinaultense, E. revolutum, E. rostratum, E. taylorii, E. tuolumnense, E. umbilicatum
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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