Erythronium revolutum |
Erythronium californicum |
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coast fawn lily, mahogany fawn lily, pink fawn-lily |
California fawn-lily |
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Bulbs | narrowly ovoid, 35–50 mm, sometimes producing sessile offsets. |
ovoid, 35–60 mm, sometimes producing sessile offsets. |
Leaves | 10–25 mm; blade distinctly mottled with irregular streaks of brown or white, broadly lanceolate to ovate, margins entire to ± wavy. |
7–18 cm; blade distinctly mottled with irregular streaks of brown or white, oblong to narrowly ovate, margins usually wavy. |
Scape | 15–40 cm. |
± reddish, branched well above leaves when flowers more than 1, 10–30 cm. |
Inflorescences | 1–3-flowered. |
1–3-flowered. |
Flowers | 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. |
flowering individuals generally abundant in populations; tepals white to cream, base yellow and often banded with brown or red, ± narrowly ovate, 25–40 mm, inner with small auricles at base; stamens 12–25 mm; filaments ± white, linear, slender, less than 0.8 mm wide; anthers white to cream; style ± white, 10–14 mm; stigma unlobed or with lobes less than 2 mm. |
Capsules | oblong to obovoid, 3–6 cm. |
obovoid, 3–6 cm. |
2n | = 24. |
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Erythronium revolutum |
Erythronium californicum |
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Phenology | Flowering early spring (Mar–Apr). | Flowering spring (Mar–Apr). |
Habitat | Shaded stream banks, river terraces, wet places in forests | Dry woods, openings, cliffs |
Elevation | 0–600(–1000) m (0–2000(–3300) ft) | 0–1900 m (0–6200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA; BC; generally within 100 km of Pacific Coast
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CA
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Discussion | Forms intermediate with Erythronium citrinum and E. multiscapideum are sometimes seen where ranges overlap. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 158. | FNA vol. 26, p. 160. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Erythronium | Liliaceae > Erythronium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Smith: in A. Rees, Cycl. 13: Erythronium no. 3. (1809) | Purdy: Fl. & Sylva 2: 253. (1904) |
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