Erythronium pluriflorum
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Erythronium pluriflorum is a rare species of flowering plant in the lily family which is known by the common names manyflower fawn lily, golden fawn-lily, and Shuteye Peak fawn lily.[1][2]
Distribution
It is endemic to California, in the central Sierra Nevada within eastern Madera County. It is known only from isolated populations on Chiquito Ridge and Shuteye Peak, in the San Joaquin River watershed.[3][4] It is listed as an Endangered species by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and IUCN, and is on the California Native Plant Society Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants.[3]
The plant was not described until 1991.[1][5][6][7]
Description
Erythronium pluriflorum is a wildflower growing from a bulb 4 to 7 centimeters wide. It produces two oval-shaped green leaves.
It erects thin, naked stalks which may be 8 to over 30 centimeters tall, each stalk bearing one to ten flowers. The flower has bright yellow curly tepals each one to three centimeters long which age to a brown or orange color. The other flower parts are also yellow.[2]
References
- ^ a b Calflora taxon report, Erythronium pluriflorum J.R. Shevock, J. Bartel & G. Allen Shuteye Peak fawn lily, manyflower fawnlily
- ^ a b Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 159, Golden fawn-lily, Erythronium pluriflorum Shevock, Bartel & G. A. Allen, Madroño. 37: 268, figures 3. 1991.
- ^ a b California Native Plant Society; Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-02), Erythronium pluriflorum . accessed 2.28.2016.
- ^ Topoquest.com: Shuteye Peak
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Shevock, James Robert, Bartel, Jim A., & Allen, Geraldine A. 1991. Madroño 37(4): 268–272, figures 1 + 3
- ^ Tropicos, Erythronium pluriflorum Shevock, Bartel & G.A. Allen
External links
- Calflora Database: Erythronium pluriflorum (Manyflower fawnlily, Shuteye peak fawn lily)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Erythronium pluriflorum
- USDA Plants Profile for Erythronium pluriflorum (manyflower fawnlily)
- UC CalPhotos gallery: Erythronium pluriflorum
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