Erythronium klamathense |
Erythronium quinaultense |
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Klamath fawn-lily |
fawnlily, Olympic fawn-lily, quinault fawn-lily, quinault trout-lily |
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Bulbs | slender, 25–40 mm. |
narrowly ovoid, 35–75 mm. |
Leaves | 6–17 cm; blade green, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, ± folded along midvein, margins entire to wavy. |
12–20 cm; blade green or faintly mottled with white or brown, lanceolate to ovate, margins ± wavy. |
Scape | 6–20 cm. |
12–25 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 proximally, shading to pink at outer margins, darkest toward tips, with yellow band at base, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 30–50 mm, inner with small auricles at base; stamens 12–24 mm; filaments white, flattened, slightly widened, linear to lanceolate, 1–2 mm wide; anthers yellow; style white, 10–18 mm; stigma with slender, usually recurved lobes 1–5 mm. |
Capsules | narrowly obovoid, 2–5 cm. |
oblong to obovoid, 3–6 cm. |
2n | = 24. |
= 48. |
Erythronium klamathense |
Erythronium quinaultense |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring to summer (Apr–Jun). | Flowering late spring (May). |
Habitat | Montane meadows, openings in coniferous forests | Openings and rocky ledges in coniferous forests |
Elevation | 1200–1900 m (3900–6200 ft) | 500–900 m (1600–3000 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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WA
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Discussion | Erythronium quinaultense is a tetraploid species apparently derived from hybridization between E. montanum and E. revolutum. It is known only from the southwestern Olympic Peninsula. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 158. | FNA vol. 26, p. 158. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Erythronium | Liliaceae > Erythronium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Applegate: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 151. (1930) | G. A. Allen: Syst. Bot. 26: 269, fig. 3. (2001) |
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