Erythronium klamathense |
Erythronium pluriflorum |
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Klamath fawn-lily |
golden fawn-lily, manyflower fawnlily, shuteye peak fawn lily |
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Bulbs | slender, 25–40 mm. |
± ovoid, 40–75 mm. |
Leaves | 6–17 cm; blade green, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, ± folded along midvein, margins entire to wavy. |
7–30 cm; blade green, oblanceolate to elliptic, margins ± wavy. |
Scape | 6–20 cm. |
8–35 cm. |
Inflorescences | 1–3-flowered. |
1–10-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 yellow, bronze in age, lanceolate, 15–28 mm, not auriculate at base; stamens 8–12 mm; filaments yellow, slender; anthers yellow; style yellow, 6–8 mm; stigma unlobed or with very short, rounded lobes shorter than 1 mm. |
Capsules | narrowly obovoid, 2–5 cm. |
obovoid, 2–4 cm. |
2n | = 24. |
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Erythronium klamathense |
Erythronium pluriflorum |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring to summer (Apr–Jun). | Flowering summer (Jun–Jul). |
Habitat | Montane meadows, openings in coniferous forests | Open montane coniferous forests |
Elevation | 1200–1900 m (3900–6200 ft) | 2300–2600 m (7500–8500 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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CA |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. Erythronium pluriflorum is known only from Madera County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 158. | FNA vol. 26, p. 159. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Erythronium | Liliaceae > Erythronium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Applegate: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 151. (1930) | Shevock: Madroño 37: 268, fig. 3. (1991) |
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