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

Erythronium revolutum

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

Bulbs

narrowly ovoid, 35–75 mm.

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

Leaves

12–20 cm;

blade green or faintly mottled with white or brown, lanceolate to 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

12–25 cm.

15–40 cm.

Inflorescences

1–3-flowered.

1–3-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 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

oblong to obovoid, 3–6 cm.

oblong to obovoid, 3–6 cm.

2n

= 48.

Erythronium quinaultense

Erythronium revolutum

Phenology Flowering late spring (May). Flowering early spring (Mar–Apr).
Habitat Openings and rocky ledges in coniferous forests Shaded stream banks, river terraces, wet places in forests
Elevation 500–900 m (1600–3000 ft) 0–600(–1000) m (0–2000(–3300) ft)
Distribution
from FNA
WA
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from FNA
CA; OR; WA; BC; generally within 100 km of Pacific Coast
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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. 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. 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. purpurascens, E. pusaterii, E. quinaultense, E. rostratum, E. taylorii, E. tuolumnense, E. umbilicatum
Name authority G. A. Allen: Syst. Bot. 26: 269, fig. 3. (2001) Smith: in A. Rees, Cycl. 13: Erythronium no. 3. (1809)
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