Erythronium montanum |
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avalanche-lily, white avalanche-lily, white glacier lily |
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Bulbs | narrowly ovoid, 25–60 mm. |
Leaves | 10–20 cm; blade green, ovate to broadly lanceolate, base ± abruptly narrowed to petiole, margins wavy. |
Scape | 12–35 cm. |
Inflorescences | 1–3-flowered. |
Flowers | tepals white to creamy white with bright yellow zone at base, broadly ovate to broadly lanceolate, 25–45 mm, inner wider than outer, auriculate at base, length less than 4 times width; stamens 12–24 mm; filaments white, linear, slender, less than 0.8 mm wide; anthers bright yellow; style white, 13–25 mm; stigma with slender, usually recurved lobes 1–5 mm. |
Capsules | oblong, 3–6 cm. |
2n | = 24. |
Erythronium montanum |
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Phenology | Flowering summer, usually soon after snowmelt (Jun–Aug). |
Habitat | Montane and subalpine meadows, open coniferous forests |
Elevation | (300–)800–2000 m [(1000–)2600–6600 ft] |
Distribution |
OR; WA; BC
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Discussion | This species occurs in the Coast Ranges of southern British Columbia, and disjunctly to southern Vancouver Island, the Olympic Peninsula, and Cascade Mountains from Mount Rainier National Park in Washington to central Oregon. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 157. |
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Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 130. (1891) |
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