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Erythronium klamathense

Klamath fawn-lily

pilot ridge fawn lily, Taylor's fawn-lily

Bulbs

slender, 25–40 mm.

narrowly ovoid, 40–70 mm, often forming sessile offsets.

Leaves

6–17 cm;

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

18–35 cm;

blade green, elliptic to oblanceolate, margins wavy.

Scape

6–20 cm.

25–40 cm.

Inflorescences

1–3-flowered.

1–4(–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 10–16 mm;

filaments yellow, slender;

anthers cream colored;

style white to cream, 9–11 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 taylorii

Phenology Flowering late spring to summer (Apr–Jun). Flowering spring (Apr–May).
Habitat Montane meadows, openings in coniferous forests Forest openings, rocky ledges
Elevation 1200–1900 m (3900–6200 ft) 1300–1400 m (4300–4600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
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Discussion

Erythronium taylorii is known only from Tuolumne County in the central 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. pusaterii, E. quinaultense, E. revolutum, E. rostratum, E. tuolumnense, E. umbilicatum
Name authority Applegate: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 151. (1930) Shevock & G. A. Allen: Madroño 44: 360, fig. 1. (1998)
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