familyLiliaceae
genusErythronium
speciesErythronium americanum
subspeciesErythronium americanum subsp. americanum
Erythronium americanum subsp. americanum
IllustratedEndemic
Style swollen distally; stigma lobes erect, not grooved. Capsules: apex rounded, truncate, or short-apiculate. 2n = 48.
Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Usually deciduous wet-mesic to dry-mesic woods of bottomlands and uplands, slopes of ravines, lower ledges of bluffs, often near waterways, often in loamy soils
Elevation: 0–900 m
Distribution
N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.S., Ont., Que., Conn., Del., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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... more about "Erythronium americanum subsp. americanum"
basifixed +
loculicidal +
maturity +
rounded +
small +
appressed +
small +
petiolate +
sheathing +
herbaceous +
greenish yellow +
glaucous +
narrow +
absent +
1;several +
additional +
solid +
vertical +
fleshy +
yellow +
lanceolate +
slender +
showy +
single +
capsular +
erect +
Usually deciduous wet-mesic to dry-mesic woods of bottomlands and uplands, slopes of ravines, lower ledges of bluffs, often near waterways, often in loamy soils +
Present +
1-flowered +
racemose +
auriculate +
simple +
persistent +
wavy +
1-leaved +
(2-)3(-4)-locular +
superior +
many;several +
showy +
Bot. Mag. +
1808 +
persistent +
elongating +
wind-distributed +
angular +
brown +
ovoid +
attached +
beadlike +
small +
flowering +
more sparingly without than those extensive vegetative reproduction +
staminodial +
fertile +
capitate +
distinct +
not grooved +
erect +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
common;1;3 +
deciduous +
attached +
swollen +
Erythronium americanum subsp. americanum +
Erythronium americanum +
subspecies +
reddish dots;tinged light;dark purple-red +
distinct +
absent +
reflexed +
lanceolate +
greener +
equal +
narrower +
colors +
lanceolate;ovate +
scapose +
perennial +
woody +