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Erythronium hendersonii

Henderson's fawn-lily

Erythronium revolutum

coast fawn lily, mahogany fawn lily, pink fawn-lily

Bulbs

slender, 40–55 mm.

narrowly ovoid, 35–50 mm, sometimes producing sessile offsets.

Leaves

10–25 cm;

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

10–25 mm;

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

Scape

reddish, 12–30 cm.

15–40 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 uniformly clear violet-pink at anthesis, with yellow banding at base, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 25–40 mm, inner with small auricles at base;

stamens ± appressed to style, 12–22 mm;

filaments white to pink (darkening with age), flattened, ± lanceolate, 2–3 mm wide;

anthers bright yellow;

style white to pink, 12–18 mm;

stigma with slender recurved lobes 4–6 mm.

Capsules

obovoid, 2–4 cm.

oblong to obovoid, 3–6 cm.

2n

= 24.

Erythronium hendersonii

Erythronium revolutum

Phenology Flowering spring (Mar–Apr). Flowering early spring (Mar–Apr).
Habitat Dry woods and forest openings Shaded stream banks, river terraces, wet places in forests
Elevation 300–1600 m (1000–5200 ft) 0–600(–1000) m (0–2000(–3300) ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
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from FNA
CA; OR; WA; BC; generally within 100 km of Pacific Coast
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Source FNA vol. 26, p. 160. FNA vol. 26, p. 158.
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. pusaterii, E. quinaultense, E. rostratum, E. taylorii, E. tuolumnense, E. umbilicatum
Name authority S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 479. (1887) Smith: in A. Rees, Cycl. 13: Erythronium no. 3. (1809)
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