Erythronium hendersonii
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 479. 1887.
Common names: Henderson’s fawn-lily
IllustratedEndemic
Bulbs slender, 40–55 mm. Leaves 10–25 cm; blade mottled with irregular streaks of brown or white, oblong to ovate, margins entire to ± wavy. Scape reddish, 12–30 cm. Inflorescences 1–4-flowered. Flowers: tepals violet to pink, darker at tips, dark purple at base, broadly lanceolate, 18–35 mm, inner with small auricles at base; stamens 10–14 mm; filaments violet-purple, linear, slender, less than 0.8 mm wide; anthers pale-brown to purple; style violet, 6–8 mm; stigma unlobed or with lobes shorter than 1 mm. Capsules obovoid, 2–4 cm. 2n = 24.
Phenology: Flowering spring (Mar–Apr).
Habitat: Dry woods and forest openings
Elevation: 300–1600 m
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"broad" is not a number."thicker" is not a number.
... more about "Erythronium hendersonii"
basifixed +
loculicidal +
appressed +
small +
petiolate +
sheathing +
herbaceous +
narrowed +
mottled +
narrow +
absent +
1;several +
additional +
obovoid +
Henderson’s fawn-lily +
solid +
vertical +
fleshy +
violet-purple +
slender +
showy +
single +
capsular +
erect +
Present +
1-4-flowered +
racemose +
auriculate +
simple +
persistent +
? (?) +
(2-)3(-4)-locular +
superior +
many;several +
showy +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
1887 +
persistent +
reddish +
elongating +
wind-distributed +
angular +
brown +
ovoid +
attached +
beadlike +
small +
flowering +
more sparingly without than those extensive vegetative reproduction +
staminodial +
fertile +
capitate +
distinct +
irregular +
violet +
attached +
Erythronium hendersonii +
Erythronium +
species +
dark purple;darker;violet;pink +
distinct +
absent +
lanceolate +
greener +
equal +
narrower +
colors +
lanceolate;ovate +
scapose +
perennial +
woody +