Erythronium hendersonii |
Erythronium quinaultense |
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Henderson's fawn-lily |
fawnlily, Olympic fawn-lily, quinault fawn-lily, quinault trout-lily |
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Bulbs | slender, 40–55 mm. |
narrowly ovoid, 35–75 mm. |
Leaves | 10–25 cm; blade mottled with irregular streaks of brown or white, oblong to ovate, margins entire to ± wavy. |
12–20 cm; blade green or faintly mottled with white or brown, lanceolate to ovate, margins ± wavy. |
Scape | reddish, 12–30 cm. |
12–25 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. |
tepals white proximally, shading to pink at outer margins, darkest toward tips, with yellow band at base, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 30–50 mm, inner with small auricles at base; stamens 12–24 mm; filaments white, flattened, slightly widened, linear to lanceolate, 1–2 mm wide; anthers yellow; style white, 10–18 mm; stigma with slender, usually recurved lobes 1–5 mm. |
Capsules | obovoid, 2–4 cm. |
oblong to obovoid, 3–6 cm. |
2n | = 24. |
= 48. |
Erythronium hendersonii |
Erythronium quinaultense |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Mar–Apr). | Flowering late spring (May). |
Habitat | Dry woods and forest openings | Openings and rocky ledges in coniferous forests |
Elevation | 300–1600 m (1000–5200 ft) | 500–900 m (1600–3000 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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WA
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Discussion | Erythronium quinaultense is a tetraploid species apparently derived from hybridization between E. montanum and E. revolutum. It is known only from the southwestern Olympic Peninsula. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 160. | FNA vol. 26, p. 158. |
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Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 479. (1887) | G. A. Allen: Syst. Bot. 26: 269, fig. 3. (2001) |
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