Erythronium citrinum

Erythronium citrinum

Erythronium citrinum is a species of the genus of the tooth lilies ( Erythronium ).

Features

The bulbs are 40 to 50 millimeters long, slender and sometimes form sessile offshoot. The leaves are 9-15 inches long. The leaf blade is lanceolate to almost ovate and mottled with irregular brown and white stripes. The leaf margin is more or less wavy strong. The shaft is 12 to 35 inches long. The inflorescence is one to dreiblütig.

The petals are 25 to 45 millimeters long and lanceolate to almost elliptical. They are more or less colored white, often pale pink and pale yellow at their base. The inner petals can be auriculate at the base or not auriculate. The stamens are 11 to 17 millimeters long. The stamens are less than 0.8 mm wide, linear, slender and white or pale pink. The anthers are white, cream, pink, reddish or brownish red. The pens are 6-10 mm long, white or pink and erect. The scar is unlobed or has tabs which are shorter than 1 millimeter. The capsules are 2-5 inches long and obovate.

The flowering time is in the spring, from March to May

The chromosome number is 2n = 24

Occurrence

Erythronium citrinum is found in California and Oregon. The species grows in dry forests and shrubbery rich overhangs mostly on serpentine at altitudes 100-1300, rarely to 1800 meters.

Documents

• Erythronium citrinum in the Flora of North America (accessed 13 November 2010 )