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Erythronium revolutum

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

Tuolumne fawn-lily

Bulbs

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

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

Leaves

10–25 mm;

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

15–35 cm;

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

Scape

15–40 cm.

± reddish, 15–35 cm.

Inflorescences

1–3-flowered.

usually 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 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.

Erythronium revolutum

Erythronium tuolumnense

Phenology Flowering early spring (Mar–Apr). Flowering early spring (Mar).
Habitat Shaded stream banks, river terraces, wet places in forests Open woods, shady canyons
Elevation 0–600(–1000) m (0–2000(–3300) ft) 600–1000 m (2000–3300 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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Discussion

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. 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. purpurascens, E. pusaterii, E. quinaultense, E. revolutum, E. rostratum, E. taylorii, E. umbilicatum
Name authority Smith: in A. Rees, Cycl. 13: Erythronium no. 3. (1809) Applegate: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 153. (1930)
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