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Erythronium revolutum

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

purple fawn lily, Sierra Nevada fawn-lily

Bulbs

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

slender, 25–40 mm.

Leaves

10–25 mm;

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

6–15 cm;

blade green, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, margins ± wavy.

Scape

15–40 cm.

7–20 cm.

Inflorescences

1–3-flowered.

1–6-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 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.

Erythronium revolutum

Erythronium purpurascens

Phenology Flowering early spring (Mar–Apr). Flowering summer, soon after snowmelt (Jun–Aug).
Habitat Shaded stream banks, river terraces, wet places in forests Open coniferous forests, meadows, rocky places
Elevation 0–600(–1000) m (0–2000(–3300) ft) 1500–2700 m (4900–8900 ft)
Distribution
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CA; OR; WA; BC; generally within 100 km of Pacific Coast
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CA
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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. quinaultense, 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 Smith: in A. Rees, Cycl. 13: Erythronium no. 3. (1809) S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 277. (1877)
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