WorldFloraDB - Erythronium montanum

Characteristics

Bulbs narrowly ovoid, 25–60 mm. Leaves 10–20 cm; blade green, ovate to broadly lanceolate, base ± abruptly narrowed to petiole, margins wavy. Scape 12–35 cm. Inflorescences 1–3-flowered. Flowers: tepals white to creamy white with bright yellow zone at base, broadly ovate to broadly lanceolate, 25–45 mm, inner wider than outer, auriculate at base, length less than 4 times width; stamens 12–24 mm; filaments white, linear, slender, less than 0.8 mm wide; anthers bright yellow; style white, 13–25 mm; stigma with slender, usually recurved lobes 1–5 mm. Capsules oblong, 3–6 cm. 2n = 24.

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A small bulb plant. The stems are leafy. They grow 30-60 cm high from a scaly bulb. The flower is orange. The fruit is a capsule 2-4 cm long. There are several flat seeds.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

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Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.3

Root system

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Rooting depth (meter)

0.2

Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

Montane and subalpine meadows, open coniferous forests at elevations of 800-2000 metres.

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It grows in moist subalpine meadows in the Rocky Mountains.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	-
Edible	bulbs roots
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°)	14 - 18
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Optimum temperature (C°)	-
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