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Erythronium klamathense

Klamath fawn-lily

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

Bulbs

slender, 25–40 mm.

narrowly ovoid, 40–60 mm.

Leaves

6–17 cm;

blade green, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, ± folded along midvein, margins entire to wavy.

10–35 cm;

blade green, lanceolate, margins ± wavy.

Scape

6–20 cm.

12–40 cm.

Inflorescences

1–3-flowered.

1–8-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, 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

narrowly obovoid, 2–5 cm.

obovoid, 2–4 cm.

2n

= 24.

Erythronium klamathense

Erythronium pusaterii

Phenology Flowering late spring to summer (Apr–Jun). Flowering late spring (Apr–May).
Habitat Montane meadows, openings in coniferous forests Meadows, open forests, rocky ledges
Elevation 1200–1900 m (3900–6200 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. 158. 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. hendersonii, 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 Applegate: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 151. (1930) (Munz & J. T. Howell) Shevock: Madroño 37: 264. (1991)
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