Erythronium klamathense |
Erythronium montanum |
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Klamath fawn-lily |
avalanche-lily, white avalanche-lily, white glacier lily |
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Bulbs | slender, 25–40 mm. |
narrowly ovoid, 25–60 mm. |
Leaves | 6–17 cm; blade green, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, ± folded along midvein, margins entire to wavy. |
10–20 cm; blade green, ovate to broadly lanceolate, base ± abruptly narrowed to petiole, margins wavy. |
Scape | 6–20 cm. |
12–35 cm. |
Inflorescences | 1–3-flowered. |
1–3-flowered. |
Flowers | tepals 2/3 or more white, with yellow zone at base, ± pinkish in age, broadly lanceolate, 20–35 mm, inner with small auricles at base; stamens 8–14 mm; filaments white, slender; anthers ± yellow; style white, 4–9 mm; stigma ± unlobed. |
tepals white to creamy white with bright yellow zone at base, broadly ovate to broadly lanceolate, 25–45 mm, inner wider than outer, auriculate at base, length less than 4 times width; stamens 12–24 mm; filaments white, linear, slender, less than 0.8 mm wide; anthers bright yellow; style white, 13–25 mm; stigma with slender, usually recurved lobes 1–5 mm. |
Capsules | narrowly obovoid, 2–5 cm. |
oblong, 3–6 cm. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
Erythronium klamathense |
Erythronium montanum |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring to summer (Apr–Jun). | Flowering summer, usually soon after snowmelt (Jun–Aug). |
Habitat | Montane meadows, openings in coniferous forests | Montane and subalpine meadows, open coniferous forests |
Elevation | 1200–1900 m (3900–6200 ft) | (300–)800–2000 m ((1000–)2600–6600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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OR; WA; BC
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Discussion | This species occurs in the Coast Ranges of southern British Columbia, and disjunctly to southern Vancouver Island, the Olympic Peninsula, and Cascade Mountains from Mount Rainier National Park in Washington to central Oregon. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 158. | FNA vol. 26, p. 157. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Erythronium | Liliaceae > Erythronium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Applegate: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 151. (1930) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 130. (1891) |
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