Erythronium pusaterii

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

Features

The bulbs are 40 to 60 millimeters in size and more or less egg-shaped. The leaves are 10 to 35 inches long. The leaf blade is lanceolate and green. The leaf margin is more or less wavy strong. The shaft is 12 to 40 inches long. The inflorescence is one to achtblütig. The petals are 25 to 45 millimeters long and lanceolate. They are colored white, the lower half to two-thirds are bright yellow. By the time they turn pale pink. You are auriculate at the base. The stamens are 8 to 15 millimeters in size. The stamens are slender and whitish, the anthers are yellow. The pen is 7 to 10 millimeters in size and also whitish. The scar is more or less ungelappt or has lobes that are less than 1 millimeter long. The capsules are 2-4 inches long and obovate.

The flowering time is in the late spring from April to May

Occurrence

Erythronium is known only from California out of the Tulare County in the southern Sierra Nevada pusaterii. The species grows in meadows, open woods and on scree slopes at altitudes from 2100 to 2500 meters.

Documents

• Erythronium pusaterii in the Flora of North America (accessed 14 November 2011 )

• Lily plants
• Liliaceae