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

Tuolumne fawn-lily

Bulbs

narrowly ovoid, 35–75 mm.

ovoid, 50–100 mm, readily forming sessile offsets.

Leaves

12–20 cm;

blade green or faintly mottled with white or brown, lanceolate to ovate, margins ± wavy.

15–35 cm;

blade green, elliptic to ovate, margins entire to ± wavy.

Scape

12–25 cm.

± reddish, 15–35 cm.

Inflorescences

1–3-flowered.

usually 1–4-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 yellow, narrowly ovate, 20–35 mm, inner with small auricles at base;

stamens 12–16 mm;

filaments white to creamy white, slightly widened, 0.4–0.6 mm wide at base;

anthers yellow;

style ± white, 8–10 mm;

stigma ± unlobed or with lobes shorter than 1 mm.

Capsules

oblong to obovoid, 3–6 cm.

obovoid, 2–4 cm.

2n

= 48.

Erythronium quinaultense

Erythronium tuolumnense

Phenology Flowering late spring (May). Flowering early spring (Mar).
Habitat Openings and rocky ledges in coniferous forests Open woods, shady canyons
Elevation 500–900 m (1600–3000 ft) 600–1000 m (2000–3300 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.)

Of conservation concern.

(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. purpurascens, E. pusaterii, E. quinaultense, E. revolutum, E. rostratum, E. taylorii, E. umbilicatum
Name authority G. A. Allen: Syst. Bot. 26: 269, fig. 3. (2001) Applegate: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 153. (1930)
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