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Erythronium tuolumnense

Tuolumne fawn-lily
Bulbs

ovoid, 50–100 mm, readily forming sessile offsets.
Leaves

15–35 cm;

blade green, elliptic to ovate, margins entire to ± wavy.
Scape

± reddish, 15–35 cm.
Inflorescences

usually 1–4-flowered.
Flowers

tepals yellow, narrowly ovate, 20–35 mm, inner with small auricles at base;

stamens 12–16 mm;

filaments white to creamy white, slightly widened, 0.4–0.6 mm wide at base;

anthers yellow;

style ± white, 8–10 mm;

stigma ± unlobed or with lobes shorter than 1 mm.
Capsules

obovoid, 2–4 cm.

Erythronium tuolumnense
Phenology Flowering early spring (Mar).
Habitat Open woods, shady canyons
Elevation 600–1000 m (2000–3300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 159.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Erythronium
Sibling taxa
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. purpurascens, E. pusaterii, E. quinaultense, E. revolutum, E. rostratum, E. taylorii, E. umbilicatum
Name authority Applegate: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 153. (1930)
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