Erythronium quinaultense |
Erythronium purpurascens |
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fawnlily, Olympic fawn-lily, quinault fawn-lily, quinault trout-lily |
purple fawn lily, Sierra Nevada fawn-lily |
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Bulbs | narrowly ovoid, 35–75 mm. |
slender, 25–40 mm. |
Leaves | 12–20 cm; blade green or faintly mottled with white or brown, lanceolate to ovate, margins ± wavy. |
6–15 cm; blade green, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, margins ± wavy. |
Scape | 12–25 cm. |
7–20 cm. |
Inflorescences | 1–3-flowered. |
1–6-flowered. |
Flowers | 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. |
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. |
Capsules | oblong to obovoid, 3–6 cm. |
obovoid, 2–4 cm. |
2n | = 48. |
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Erythronium quinaultense |
Erythronium purpurascens |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring (May). | Flowering summer, soon after snowmelt (Jun–Aug). |
Habitat | Openings and rocky ledges in coniferous forests | Open coniferous forests, meadows, rocky places |
Elevation | 500–900 m (1600–3000 ft) | 1500–2700 m (4900–8900 ft) |
Distribution |
WA
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CA
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Discussion | 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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 158. | FNA vol. 26, p. 159. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Erythronium | Liliaceae > Erythronium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | G. A. Allen: Syst. Bot. 26: 269, fig. 3. (2001) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 277. (1877) |
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