Erythronium purpurascens
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 277. 1877.
Common names: Sierra Nevada fawn- lily
IllustratedEndemic
Bulbs slender, 25–40 mm. Leaves 6–15 cm; blade green, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, margins ± wavy. Scape 7–20 cm. Inflorescences 1–6-flowered. Flowers: 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 obovoid, 2–4 cm.
Phenology: Flowering summer, soon after snowmelt (Jun–Aug).
Habitat: Open coniferous forests, meadows, rocky places
Elevation: 1500–2700 m
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basifixed +
loculicidal +
appressed +
petiolate +
sheathing +
herbaceous +
narrowed +
green +
narrow +
absent +
1;several +
additional +
obovoid +
Sierra Nevada fawn- lily +
solid +
Calif. +
vertical +
fleshy +
yellow +
slender +
showy +
single +
capsular +
erect +
Present +
1-6-flowered +
racemose +
auriculate +
simple +
persistent +
wavy +
(2-)3(-4)-locular +
superior +
many;several +
showy +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
1877 +
persistent +
elongating +
wind-distributed +
angular +
brown +
ovoid +
attached +
beadlike +
small +
flowering +
more sparingly without than those extensive vegetative reproduction +
staminodial +
fertile +
capitate +
distinct +
unlobed +
yellow +
attached +
Erythronium purpurascens +
Erythronium +
species +
pinkish purple;bright-yellow;white +
distinct +
absent +
greener +
equal +
narrower +
colors +
lanceolate;ovate +
scapose +
perennial +
woody +