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Erythronium klamathense

Klamath fawn-lily

purple fawn lily, Sierra Nevada fawn-lily

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.

Erythronium klamathense

Erythronium purpurascens

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
from FNA
CA; OR
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Source FNA vol. 26, p. 158. FNA vol. 26, p. 159.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Erythronium 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
E. albidum, E. americanum, E. californicum, E. citrinum, E. elegans, E. grandiflorum, E. helenae, E. hendersonii, E. klamathense, E. mesochoreum, E. montanum, E. multiscapideum, E. oregonum, E. pluriflorum, E. propullans, E. pusaterii, E. quinaultense, E. revolutum, E. rostratum, E. taylorii, E. tuolumnense, E. umbilicatum
Name authority Applegate: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 151. (1930) S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 277. (1877)
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