Erythronium taylorii

Shevock & G. A. Allen

Madroño 44: 360, fig. 1. 1998.

Common names: Taylor’s fawn-lily
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 159. Mentioned on page 155.
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Bulbs narrowly ovoid, 40–70 mm, often forming sessile offsets. Leaves 18–35 cm; blade green, elliptic to oblanceolate, margins wavy. Scape 25–40 cm. Inflorescences 1–4 (–8) -flowered. Flowers: tepals white, proximal 1/2–2/3 bright-yellow, becoming pinkish in age, lanceolate, 25–45 mm, inner auriculate at base; stamens 10–16 mm; filaments yellow, slender; anthers cream colored; style white to cream, 9–11 mm; stigma ± unlobed or with lobes shorter than 1 mm. Capsules obovoid, 2–4 cm.


Phenology: Flowering spring (Apr–May).
Habitat: Forest openings, rocky ledges
Elevation: 1300–1400 m

Discussion

Erythronium taylorii is known only from Tuolumne County in the central Sierra Nevada.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Erythronium taylorii"
cream colored +
versatile +  and dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
loculicidal +
umbilicate +, truncate +  and rounded +
Geraldine A. Allen +  and Kenneth R. Robertson +
Shevock & G. A. Allen +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
narrowed +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
glabrous +  and glaucous +
elliptic +  and oblanceolate +
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 +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Taylor’s fawn-lily +
1300–1400 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
erect +  and nodding +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
indehiscent +, septicidal +  and loculicidal +
obovoid +  and oblong +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Forest openings, rocky ledges +
persistent +
18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
recurved +  and erect +
many;several +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering spring (Apr–May). +
reddish +  and green +
elongating +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
many +  and few +
more sparingly without than those extensive vegetative reproduction +
adnate +  and free +
staminodial +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
1 +  and several +
3-lobed +  and unlobed +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
white +  and cream +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
Erythronium taylorii +
Erythronium +
species +
pinkish;bright-yellow;white +
distinct +
spreading +  and reflexed +
inner +  and proximal +
1/2 +  and 2/3 +
auriculate +  and lanceolate +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
lanceolate;ovate +
3 +  and 2 +