Erythronium montanum |
Erythronium purpurascens |
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avalanche-lily, white avalanche-lily, white glacier lily |
purple fawn lily, Sierra Nevada fawn-lily |
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Bulbs | narrowly ovoid, 25–60 mm. |
slender, 25–40 mm. |
Leaves | 10–20 cm; blade green, ovate to broadly lanceolate, base ± abruptly narrowed to petiole, margins wavy. |
6–15 cm; blade green, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, margins ± wavy. |
Scape | 12–35 cm. |
7–20 cm. |
Inflorescences | 1–3-flowered. |
1–6-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. |
tepals white, bright yellow on proximal 1/3, pinkish purple in age, lanceolate, 10–20 mm, not auriculate at base; stamens 8–12 mm; filaments yellow, slender; anthers cream to yellow; style yellow, 4–5 mm; stigma ± unlobed. |
Capsules | oblong, 3–6 cm. |
obovoid, 2–4 cm. |
2n | = 24. |
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Erythronium montanum |
Erythronium purpurascens |
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Phenology | Flowering summer, usually soon after snowmelt (Jun–Aug). | Flowering summer, soon after snowmelt (Jun–Aug). |
Habitat | Montane and subalpine meadows, open coniferous forests | Open coniferous forests, meadows, rocky places |
Elevation | (300–)800–2000 m ((1000–)2600–6600 ft) | 1500–2700 m (4900–8900 ft) |
Distribution |
OR; WA; BC
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CA
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 157. | FNA vol. 26, p. 159. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Erythronium | Liliaceae > Erythronium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 130. (1891) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 277. (1877) |
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