Erythronium hendersonii |
Erythronium californicum |
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Henderson's fawn-lily |
California fawn-lily |
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Bulbs | slender, 40–55 mm. |
ovoid, 35–60 mm, sometimes producing sessile offsets. |
Leaves | 10–25 cm; blade mottled with irregular streaks of brown or white, oblong 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 | reddish, 12–30 cm. |
± reddish, branched well above leaves when flowers more than 1, 10–30 cm. |
Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered. |
1–3-flowered. |
Flowers | 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. |
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 | obovoid, 2–4 cm. |
obovoid, 3–6 cm. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
Erythronium hendersonii |
Erythronium californicum |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Mar–Apr). | Flowering spring (Mar–Apr). |
Habitat | Dry woods and forest openings | Dry woods, openings, cliffs |
Elevation | 300–1600 m (1000–5200 ft) | 0–1900 m (0–6200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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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. 160. | FNA vol. 26, p. 160. |
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Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 479. (1887) | Purdy: Fl. & Sylva 2: 253. (1904) |
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