Erythronium klamathense |
Erythronium purpurascens |
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Klamath fawn-lily |
purple fawn lily, Sierra Nevada fawn-lily |
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Bulbs | slender, 25–40 mm. |
slender, 25–40 mm. |
Leaves | 6–17 cm; blade green, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, ± folded along midvein, margins entire to wavy. |
6–15 cm; blade green, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, margins ± wavy. |
Scape | 6–20 cm. |
7–20 cm. |
Inflorescences | 1–3-flowered. |
1–6-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. |
tepals white, bright yellow on proximal 1/3, pinkish purple in age, lanceolate, 10–20 mm, not auriculate at base; stamens 8–12 mm; filaments yellow, slender; anthers cream to yellow; style yellow, 4–5 mm; stigma ± unlobed. |
Capsules | narrowly obovoid, 2–5 cm. |
obovoid, 2–4 cm. |
2n | = 24. |
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Erythronium klamathense |
Erythronium purpurascens |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring to summer (Apr–Jun). | Flowering summer, soon after snowmelt (Jun–Aug). |
Habitat | Montane meadows, openings in coniferous forests | Open coniferous forests, meadows, rocky places |
Elevation | 1200–1900 m (3900–6200 ft) | 1500–2700 m (4900–8900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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CA
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 158. | FNA vol. 26, p. 159. |
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Name authority | Applegate: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 151. (1930) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 277. (1877) |
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