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Erythronium klamathense

Klamath fawn-lily

Erythronium revolutum

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

Bulbs

slender, 25–40 mm.

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

Leaves

6–17 cm;

blade green, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, ± folded along midvein, 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

6–20 cm.

15–40 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 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

narrowly obovoid, 2–5 cm.

oblong to obovoid, 3–6 cm.

2n

= 24.

Erythronium klamathense

Erythronium revolutum

Phenology Flowering late spring to summer (Apr–Jun). Flowering early spring (Mar–Apr).
Habitat Montane meadows, openings in coniferous forests Shaded stream banks, river terraces, wet places in forests
Elevation 1200–1900 m (3900–6200 ft) 0–600(–1000) m (0–2000(–3300) ft)
Distribution
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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. 158. 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. 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. pusaterii, E. quinaultense, E. rostratum, E. taylorii, E. tuolumnense, E. umbilicatum
Name authority Applegate: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 151. (1930) Smith: in A. Rees, Cycl. 13: Erythronium no. 3. (1809)
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