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fawnlily, Olympic fawn-lily, quinault fawn-lily, quinault trout-lily

purple fawn lily, Sierra Nevada fawn-lily

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.

Erythronium quinaultense

Erythronium purpurascens

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
from FNA
WA
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from FNA
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.)

Source FNA vol. 26, p. 158. FNA vol. 26, p. 159.
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. purpurascens, E. pusaterii, 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. pusaterii, E. quinaultense, E. revolutum, E. rostratum, E. taylorii, E. tuolumnense, E. umbilicatum
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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