Erythronium klamathense |
Erythronium taylorii |
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Klamath fawn-lily |
pilot ridge fawn lily, Taylor's fawn-lily |
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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. |
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Erythronium klamathense |
Erythronium taylorii |
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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 |
CA; OR
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CA |
Discussion | Erythronium taylorii is known only from Tuolumne County in the central Sierra Nevada. (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 & G. A. Allen: Madroño 44: 360, fig. 1. (1998) |
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