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Erythronium klamathense
Erythronium klamathense

Klamath fawn-lily
Bulbs

slender, 25–40 mm.
Leaves

6–17 cm;

blade green, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, ± folded along midvein, margins entire to wavy.
Scape

6–20 cm.
Inflorescences

1–3-flowered.
Flowers

tepals 2/3 or more white, with yellow zone at base, ± pinkish in age, broadly lanceolate, 20–35 mm, inner with small auricles at base;

stamens 8–14 mm;

filaments white, slender;

anthers ± yellow;

style white, 4–9 mm;

stigma ± unlobed.
Capsules

narrowly obovoid, 2–5 cm.
2n

= 24.

Erythronium klamathense
Phenology Flowering late spring to summer (Apr–Jun).
Habitat Montane meadows, openings in coniferous forests
Elevation 1200–1900 m (3900–6200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
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Source FNA vol. 26, p. 158.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Erythronium
Sibling taxa
E. albidum, E. americanum, E. californicum, E. citrinum, E. elegans, E. grandiflorum, E. helenae, E. hendersonii, 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 Applegate: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 151. (1930)
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