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purple fawn lily, Sierra Nevada fawn-lily

Erythronium revolutum

coast fawn lily, mahogany fawn lily, pink fawn-lily

Bulbs

slender, 25–40 mm.

narrowly ovoid, 35–50 mm, sometimes producing sessile offsets.

Leaves

6–15 cm;

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

10–25 mm;

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

Scape

7–20 cm.

15–40 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.

tepals uniformly clear violet-pink at anthesis, with yellow banding at base, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 25–40 mm, inner with small auricles at base;

stamens ± appressed to style, 12–22 mm;

filaments white to pink (darkening with age), flattened, ± lanceolate, 2–3 mm wide;

anthers bright yellow;

style white to pink, 12–18 mm;

stigma with slender recurved lobes 4–6 mm.

Capsules

obovoid, 2–4 cm.

oblong to obovoid, 3–6 cm.

Erythronium purpurascens

Erythronium revolutum

Phenology Flowering summer, soon after snowmelt (Jun–Aug). Flowering early spring (Mar–Apr).
Habitat Open coniferous forests, meadows, rocky places Shaded stream banks, river terraces, wet places in forests
Elevation 1500–2700 m (4900–8900 ft) 0–600(–1000) m (0–2000(–3300) ft)
Distribution
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CA
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CA; OR; WA; BC; generally within 100 km of Pacific Coast
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Source FNA vol. 26, p. 159. 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. 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. hendersonii, E. klamathense, E. mesochoreum, E. montanum, E. multiscapideum, E. oregonum, E. pluriflorum, E. propullans, E. purpurascens, E. pusaterii, E. quinaultense, E. rostratum, E. taylorii, E. tuolumnense, E. umbilicatum
Name authority S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 277. (1877) Smith: in A. Rees, Cycl. 13: Erythronium no. 3. (1809)
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