Erythronium montanum
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Erythronium montanum is a species of tooth lily ( Erythronium ).
features
The onions are 25 to 60 millimeters in size and almost ovoid. The leaves are 10 to 20 centimeters long. The leaf blade is green and ovate to broadly lanceolate. The leaf base narrows more or less suddenly into the petiole . The edge of the sheet is wavy. The shaft is 12 to 35 centimeters long. The inflorescence is one to three-flowered.
The petals are 25 to 45 millimeters in size, broadly ovate to broadly lanceolate and white to creamy white in color with a bright yellow area at the base. The inner petals are wider than the outer, eyelet at the base and less than four times as long as they are wide. The stamens are 12 to 24 millimeters in size. The stamens are linear, slender, white and less than 0.8 millimeters wide. The anthers are bright yellow. The stylus 13 to 25 millimeters long and white. The scar has 1 to 5 millimeters large, slender and mostly bent back lobes. The capsules are 3 to 6 inches long and oblong.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 24.
The flowering time is in summer, usually shortly after the snow has melted, from June to August.
Occurrence
Erythronium montanum occurs in the coastal region of southern British Columbia and disjunct from it on southern Vancouver Island , on the Olympic Peninsula and in the Cascade Mountains from Mount Rainier National Park in Washington to central Oregon . The species grows on meadows and in open coniferous forests in the montane to subalpine level at altitudes of 800 to 2000 (rarely from 300) meters
supporting documents
- Erythronium montanum in the Flora of North America (accessed October 18, 2009)
