Erythronium elegans
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Erythronium elegans is a species of tooth lily ( Erythronium ).
features
The onions are 30 to 50 millimeters tall and slim. The leaves are 7 to 20 centimeters long. The leaf blade is almost ovate and spotted green or pale brown and white. The leaf margin is often wavy. The shaft is 10 to 30 centimeters long. The inflorescence is usually one to two-flowered, rarely to four-flowered.
The petals are 20 to 40 millimeters long and broadly lanceolate to almost elliptical. The inner petals are more or less white. The outer ones are also more or less white and also often strongly pink in color, especially along the center line and on the side facing away from the stem; over time they change color to pale pink overall. Both the inner and outer petals have a yellow band at their base. The inner ones are slightly eyed at the base. The stamens are 13 to 22 millimeters long. The stamens are 0.8 to 2 millimeters wide, white, flattened, slightly broadened and linear to lanceolate. The anthers are yellow. The stylus are 10 to 20 millimeters long and white. The scar has narrow lobes 2 to 4 millimeters long, usually curved back. The capsules are 2 to 5 centimeters long and obovate to oblong.
The flowering time is in late spring from May to June.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 48.
Occurrence
Erythronium elegans is endemic to the coastal areas of western Oregon . The species grows on meadows and in open coniferous forests at altitudes of 800 to 1000 meters.
supporting documents
- Erythronium elegans in the Flora of North America (accessed November 3, 2010)