Erythronium purpurascens

Erythronium purpurascens is a species of flowering plant in the lily family which is known by the common names purple fawn lily and Sierra Nevada fawn lily.[2][1]

Erythronium purpurascens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Erythronium
Species:
E. purpurascens
Binomial name
Erythronium purpurascens
Synonyms[1]

It is endemic to California, where it grows in the high mountains of the southern Cascade Range, Coast Ranges, and northern Sierra Nevada from Siskiyou County south to Mendocino and Placer Counties.[2]

Description

This mountain wildflower, Erythronium purpurascens, grows from a bulb 2 to 4 centimeters long and produces two narrow green leaves up to 15 centimeters in length. The erect stalks reach a maximum of 20 centimeters tall and each bears one to six flowers. The flower has white tepals with yellow bases which turn purple with age. Each tepal is only one or two centimeters long and curls back. The stamens and their large anthers and the style are yellow. The flowers bloom as the last snow is melting, which might not be until summer at high elevations.[3][4]

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Calflora taxon report, Erythronium purpurascens S. Watson, Purple Fawn Lily, purple fawnlily
  3. Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 159, Sierra Nevada fawn-lily, Erythronium purpurascens S. Watson
  4. Watson, Sereno. 1877. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 12: 277–278


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