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purple fawn lily, Sierra Nevada fawn-lily

Erythronium hendersonii

Henderson's fawn-lily

Bulbs

slender, 25–40 mm.

slender, 40–55 mm.

Leaves

6–15 cm;

blade green, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, margins ± wavy.

10–25 cm;

blade mottled with irregular streaks of brown or white, oblong to ovate, margins entire to ± wavy.

Scape

7–20 cm.

reddish, 12–30 cm.

Inflorescences

1–6-flowered.

1–4-flowered.

Flowers

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.

tepals violet to pink, darker at tips, dark purple at base, broadly lanceolate, 18–35 mm, inner with small auricles at base;

stamens 10–14 mm;

filaments violet-purple, linear, slender, less than 0.8 mm wide;

anthers pale brown to purple;

style violet, 6–8 mm;

stigma unlobed or with lobes shorter than 1 mm.

Capsules

obovoid, 2–4 cm.

obovoid, 2–4 cm.

2n

= 24.

Erythronium purpurascens

Erythronium hendersonii

Phenology Flowering summer, soon after snowmelt (Jun–Aug). Flowering spring (Mar–Apr).
Habitat Open coniferous forests, meadows, rocky places Dry woods and forest openings
Elevation 1500–2700 m (4900–8900 ft) 300–1600 m (1000–5200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
CA; OR
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Source FNA vol. 26, p. 159. FNA vol. 26, p. 160.
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. oregonum, E. pluriflorum, E. propullans, 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. klamathense, E. mesochoreum, E. montanum, E. multiscapideum, E. oregonum, E. pluriflorum, E. propullans, E. purpurascens, E. pusaterii, E. quinaultense, E. revolutum, E. rostratum, E. taylorii, E. tuolumnense, E. umbilicatum
Name authority S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 277. (1877) S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 479. (1887)
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