Erythronium citrinum S.Watson

Cream fawnlily (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Erythronium

Characteristics

Bulbs slender, 40–50 mm, sometimes producing sessile offsets. Leaves 9–15 cm; blade mottled with irregular streaks of brown or white, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, margins ± wavy. Scape 12–35 cm. Inflorescences 1–3-flowered. Flowers: tepals ± white, often pinkish, usually pale yellow at base, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 25–45 mm, inner with or without small auricles at base; stamens 11–17 mm; filaments linear, white or pinkish, slender, less than 0.8 mm wide; anthers white, cream, pink, reddish, or brownish red; style straight, white or pink, 6–10 mm; stigma unlobed or with lobes shorter than 1 mm. Capsules obovoid, 2–5 cm. 2n = 24.
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A bulb plant.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Environment

Dry woods and brushy slopes, common on serpentine substrates at elevations of 100-1300 metres.
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It is a temperate plant.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-7
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Usage

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Edible bulbs roots
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 15
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Images

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Distribution

Erythronium citrinum world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:96815-2
WFO ID wfo-0000766910
COL ID 6H5F7
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Synonyms

Erythronium citrinum Erythronium citrinum var. roderickii