Erythronium hendersonii

S. Watson

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 479. 1887.

Common names: Henderson’s fawn-lily
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 160. Mentioned on page 155, 157, 158.

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

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... more about "Erythronium hendersonii"
pale-brown +  and purple +
versatile +  and dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
loculicidal +
umbilicate +, truncate +  and rounded +
Geraldine A. Allen +  and Kenneth R. Robertson +
S. Watson +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
narrowed +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
glabrous +  and glaucous +
lanceolate +  and ovate flat +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
tunicate +  and scaly +
additional +
slender +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5.5 cm55 mm <br />0.055 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Henderson’s fawn-lily +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
300–1600 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
0mm +  and 0.8mm +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
erect +  and nodding +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
indehiscent +, septicidal +  and loculicidal +
obovoid +  and oblong +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Dry woods and forest openings +
persistent +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
recurved +  and erect +
white +  and brown +
oblong +  and ovate +
many;several +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering spring (Mar–Apr). +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
elongating +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
many +  and few +
more sparingly without than those extensive vegetative reproduction +
adnate +  and free +
staminodial +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
1 +  and several +
with lobes +  and unlobed +
entire +  and more or less wavy +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Erythronium hendersonii +
Erythronium +
species +
dark purple;darker;violet;pink +
distinct +
spreading +  and reflexed +
lanceolate +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
lanceolate;ovate +
3 +  and 2 +