Erythronium purpurascens |
Erythronium californicum |
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purple fawn lily, Sierra Nevada fawn-lily |
California fawn-lily |
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Bulbs | slender, 25–40 mm. |
ovoid, 35–60 mm, sometimes producing sessile offsets. |
Leaves | 6–15 cm; blade green, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, margins ± wavy. |
7–18 cm; blade distinctly mottled with irregular streaks of brown or white, oblong to narrowly ovate, margins usually wavy. |
Scape | 7–20 cm. |
± reddish, branched well above leaves when flowers more than 1, 10–30 cm. |
Inflorescences | 1–6-flowered. |
1–3-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. |
flowering individuals generally abundant in populations; tepals white to cream, base yellow and often banded with brown or red, ± narrowly ovate, 25–40 mm, inner with small auricles at base; stamens 12–25 mm; filaments ± white, linear, slender, less than 0.8 mm wide; anthers white to cream; style ± white, 10–14 mm; stigma unlobed or with lobes less than 2 mm. |
Capsules | obovoid, 2–4 cm. |
obovoid, 3–6 cm. |
2n | = 24. |
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Erythronium purpurascens |
Erythronium californicum |
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Phenology | Flowering summer, soon after snowmelt (Jun–Aug). | Flowering spring (Mar–Apr). |
Habitat | Open coniferous forests, meadows, rocky places | Dry woods, openings, cliffs |
Elevation | 1500–2700 m (4900–8900 ft) | 0–1900 m (0–6200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA
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Discussion | Forms intermediate with Erythronium citrinum and E. multiscapideum are sometimes seen where ranges overlap. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 159. | FNA vol. 26, p. 160. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Erythronium | Liliaceae > Erythronium |
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Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 277. (1877) | Purdy: Fl. & Sylva 2: 253. (1904) |
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