Erythronium americanum subsp. americanum

IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 161. Mentioned on page 162.

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

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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.

"broad" is not a number."thicker" is not a number.

lavender +, chestnut-brown +  and yellow +
versatile +  and dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
short-apiculate +  and truncate +
loculicidal +
rounded +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Geraldine A. Allen +  and Kenneth R. Robertson +
Ker Gawler +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
greenish yellow +
terete +  and swollen +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
mottled +  and green +
elliptic-lanceolate +  and ovate or elliptic +
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 +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.8 cm28 mm <br />0.028 m <br />) +
apiculate +  and truncate +
at-least +  and erect +
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. +  and Wis. +
0–900 m +
lanceolate +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
erect +  and nodding +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
indehiscent +, septicidal +  and loculicidal +
obovoid +  and oblong +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
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 +
persistent +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (23 cm230 mm <br />0.23 m <br />) +
recurved +  and erect +
many;several +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering spring. +
brown +  and yellow +
reddish +  and green +
elongating +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 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 +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
1 +  and several +
3-lobed +  and unlobed +
common;1;3 +
deciduous +
swollen +
Erythronium americanum subsp. americanum +
Erythronium americanum +
subspecies +
reddish dots;tinged light;dark purple-red +
distinct +
lanceolate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3.3 cm33 mm <br />0.033 m <br />) +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
lanceolate;ovate +
3 +  and 2 +