Erythronium oregonum |
Erythronium quinaultense |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
CA; OR; WA; BC
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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 | ||
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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