Erythronium montanum |
Erythronium pusaterii |
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avalanche-lily, white avalanche-lily, white glacier lily |
hocket lakes fawn lily, Kaweah fawn lily, Kaweah Lakes fawn-lily |
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Bulbs | narrowly ovoid, 25–60 mm. |
narrowly ovoid, 40–60 mm. |
Leaves | 10–20 cm; blade green, ovate to broadly lanceolate, base ± abruptly narrowed to petiole, margins wavy. |
10–35 cm; blade green, lanceolate, margins ± wavy. |
Scape | 12–35 cm. |
12–40 cm. |
Inflorescences | 1–3-flowered. |
1–8-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, proximal 1/2–2/3 bright yellow, becoming pinkish in age, lanceolate, 25–45 mm, inner auriculate at base; stamens 8–15 mm; filaments ± white, slender; anthers yellow; style ± white, 7–10 mm; stigma ± unlobed, or with lobes shorter than 1 mm. |
Capsules | oblong, 3–6 cm. |
obovoid, 2–4 cm. |
2n | = 24. |
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Erythronium montanum |
Erythronium pusaterii |
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Phenology | Flowering summer, usually soon after snowmelt (Jun–Aug). | Flowering late spring (Apr–May). |
Habitat | Montane and subalpine meadows, open coniferous forests | Meadows, open forests, rocky ledges |
Elevation | (300–)800–2000 m [(1000–)2600–6600 ft] | 2100–2500 m [6900–8200 ft] |
Distribution |
OR; WA; BC
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CA |
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.) |
Of conservation concern. Erythronium pusaterii is known only from Tulare County in the southern Sierra Nevada. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 157. | FNA vol. 26, p. 159. |
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Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | E. grandiflorum subsp. pusaterii | |
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 130. (1891) | (Munz & J. T. Howell) Shevock: Madroño 37: 264. (1991) |
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