Erythronium montanum |
Erythronium klamathense |
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avalanche-lily, white avalanche-lily, white glacier lily |
Klamath 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. |
6–17 cm; blade green, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, ± folded along midvein, margins entire to wavy. |
Scape | 12–35 cm. |
6–20 cm. |
Inflorescences | 1–3-flowered. |
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. |
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. |
Capsules | oblong, 3–6 cm. |
narrowly obovoid, 2–5 cm. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
Erythronium montanum |
Erythronium klamathense |
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Phenology | Flowering summer, usually soon after snowmelt (Jun–Aug). | Flowering late spring to summer (Apr–Jun). |
Habitat | Montane and subalpine meadows, open coniferous forests | Montane meadows, openings in coniferous forests |
Elevation | (300–)800–2000 m ((1000–)2600–6600 ft) | 1200–1900 m (3900–6200 ft) |
Distribution |
OR; WA; BC
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CA; OR
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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. 158. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Erythronium | Liliaceae > Erythronium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 130. (1891) | Applegate: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 151. (1930) |
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