Erythronium quinaultense
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Erythronium quinaultense is a species of the tooth lily genus( Erythronium ). The tetraploid species probably originates from a hybridization of Erythronium montanum and Erythronium revolutum .
features
The bulbs are 35 to 75 millimeters in size and almost ovoid. The leaves are 12 to 20 centimeters long. The leaf blade is green or white with a faint white or brown marbling. They are lanceolate to ovate. The leaf margin is more or less wavy. The shaft is 12 to 25 centimeters long. The inflorescence is one to three-flowered.
The petals are 30 to 50 millimeters in size and lanceolate to almost ovate. They are colored white in the lower area and are pink towards the outer edges. Their tip is the darkest, there is a yellow band at the base. The inner petals are eyelet at the base. The stamens are 12 to 24 millimeters in size. The stamens are white, 1 to 2 millimeters wide, linear to lanceolate, flattened and somewhat expanded. The anthers are yellow. The stylus are 10 to 18 millimeters in size and white. The scar has slender and mostly recurved lobes that are 1 to 5 millimeters in size. The capsules are 3 to 6 centimeters in size and oblong to obovate.
The flowering time is in late spring, in May.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 48. The species is tetraploid.
Occurrence
Erythronium quinaultense in Washington on the southwest Olympic Peninsula endemic . The species grows in clearings and on rock ledges at altitudes of 500 to 900 meters.
supporting documents
- Erythronium quinaultense in the Flora of North America (accessed October 31, 2010)