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deer's tongue, giant fawn-lily, giant white fawn-lily, Oregon fawn-lily, white fawn lily, wild Easter lily

fawnlily, Olympic fawn-lily, quinault fawn-lily, quinault trout-lily

Bulbs

narrowly ovoid, 25–60 mm, sometimes producing sessile offsets.

narrowly ovoid, 35–75 mm.

Leaves

12–25 cm;

blade distinctly mottled with irregular streaks of brown or white, ovate to broadly lanceolate, margins wavy.

12–20 cm;

blade green or faintly mottled with white or brown, lanceolate to ovate, margins ± wavy.

Scape

± reddish, 15–40 cm.

12–25 cm.

Inflorescences

1–3-flowered.

1–3-flowered.

Flowers

tepals white to creamy white with yellow base at anthesis, sometimes pinkish in age, sometimes with red lines or bands, elliptic to narrowly ovate, 25–40 mm, inner with small auricles at base;

stamens 12–25 mm;

filaments white, flattened, ± lanceolate, 2–3 mm wide;

anthers cream to yellow;

style white, 12–18 mm;

stigma with recurved lobes 3–6 mm.

tepals white proximally, shading to pink at outer margins, darkest toward tips, with yellow band at base, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 30–50 mm, inner with small auricles at base;

stamens 12–24 mm;

filaments white, flattened, slightly widened, linear to lanceolate, 1–2 mm wide;

anthers yellow;

style white, 10–18 mm;

stigma with slender, usually recurved lobes 1–5 mm.

Capsules

oblong to narrowly obovoid, 3–5 cm.

oblong to obovoid, 3–6 cm.

2n

= 24.

= 48.

Erythronium oregonum

Erythronium quinaultense

Phenology Flowering spring (Mar–May). Flowering late spring (May).
Habitat Open coniferous forests, rocky outcrops, oak woodlands, meadows Openings and rocky ledges in coniferous forests
Elevation 0–500 m (0–1600 ft) 500–900 m (1600–3000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR; WA; BC
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from FNA
WA
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Discussion

Forms from the southern part of the range with cream-white tepals and pale anthers have been described as subsp. leucandrum. This species is closely related to E. revolutum and occasionally hybridizes with it where their ranges meet. In addition, E. citrinum and E. hendersonii are reported to hybridize with E. oregonum in the southern part of its range.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Erythronium quinaultense is a tetraploid species apparently derived from hybridization between E. montanum and E. revolutum. It is known only from the southwestern Olympic Peninsula.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 26, p. 158. FNA vol. 26, p. 158.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Erythronium Liliaceae > Erythronium
Sibling taxa
E. albidum, E. americanum, E. californicum, E. citrinum, E. elegans, E. grandiflorum, E. helenae, E. hendersonii, E. klamathense, E. mesochoreum, E. montanum, E. multiscapideum, E. pluriflorum, E. propullans, E. purpurascens, E. pusaterii, E. quinaultense, E. revolutum, E. rostratum, E. taylorii, E. tuolumnense, E. umbilicatum
E. albidum, E. americanum, E. californicum, E. citrinum, E. elegans, E. grandiflorum, E. helenae, E. hendersonii, E. klamathense, E. mesochoreum, E. montanum, E. multiscapideum, E. oregonum, E. pluriflorum, E. propullans, E. purpurascens, E. pusaterii, E. revolutum, E. rostratum, E. taylorii, E. tuolumnense, E. umbilicatum
Synonyms E. giganteum subsp. leucandrum, E. oregonum subsp. leucandrum
Name authority Applegate: Madroño 3: 99. (1935) G. A. Allen: Syst. Bot. 26: 269, fig. 3. (2001)
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