Erythronium klamathense |
Erythronium californicum |
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Klamath fawn-lily |
California fawn-lily |
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Bulbs | slender, 25–40 mm. |
ovoid, 35–60 mm, sometimes producing sessile offsets. |
Leaves | 6–17 cm; blade green, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, ± folded along midvein, 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 | 6–20 cm. |
± reddish, branched well above leaves when flowers more than 1, 10–30 cm. |
Inflorescences | 1–3-flowered. |
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. |
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 | narrowly obovoid, 2–5 cm. |
obovoid, 3–6 cm. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
Erythronium klamathense |
Erythronium californicum |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring to summer (Apr–Jun). | Flowering spring (Mar–Apr). |
Habitat | Montane meadows, openings in coniferous forests | Dry woods, openings, cliffs |
Elevation | 1200–1900 m (3900–6200 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. 158. | FNA vol. 26, p. 160. |
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Name authority | Applegate: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 151. (1930) | Purdy: Fl. & Sylva 2: 253. (1904) |
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