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Erythronium revolutum

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

Erythronium hendersonii

Henderson's fawn-lily

Bulbs

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

slender, 40–55 mm.

Leaves

10–25 mm;

blade distinctly mottled with irregular streaks of brown or white, broadly lanceolate to ovate, margins entire to ± wavy.

10–25 cm;

blade mottled with irregular streaks of brown or white, oblong to ovate, margins entire to ± wavy.

Scape

15–40 cm.

reddish, 12–30 cm.

Inflorescences

1–3-flowered.

1–4-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.

tepals violet to pink, darker at tips, dark purple at base, broadly lanceolate, 18–35 mm, inner with small auricles at base;

stamens 10–14 mm;

filaments violet-purple, linear, slender, less than 0.8 mm wide;

anthers pale brown to purple;

style violet, 6–8 mm;

stigma unlobed or with lobes shorter than 1 mm.

Capsules

oblong to obovoid, 3–6 cm.

obovoid, 2–4 cm.

2n

= 24.

Erythronium revolutum

Erythronium hendersonii

Phenology Flowering early spring (Mar–Apr). Flowering spring (Mar–Apr).
Habitat Shaded stream banks, river terraces, wet places in forests Dry woods and forest openings
Elevation 0–600(–1000) m (0–2000(–3300) ft) 300–1600 m (1000–5200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR; WA; BC; generally within 100 km of Pacific Coast
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from FNA
CA; OR
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Source FNA vol. 26, p. 158. FNA vol. 26, p. 160.
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. quinaultense, E. rostratum, E. taylorii, E. tuolumnense, E. umbilicatum
E. albidum, E. americanum, E. californicum, E. citrinum, E. elegans, E. grandiflorum, E. helenae, 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. tuolumnense, E. umbilicatum
Name authority Smith: in A. Rees, Cycl. 13: Erythronium no. 3. (1809) S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 479. (1887)
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