Biology:Erythronium quinaultense

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Short description: Species of flowering plant


Quinault fawn lily
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Erythronium
Species:
E. quinaultense
Binomial name
Erythronium quinaultense
G.A.Allen

Erythronium quinaultense, the Quinault fawn-lily, is a rare plant species endemic to a small region around Lake Quinault in Olympic National Park, Washington (state) , United States.[1][2]

Erythronium quinaultense produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 75 mm long. Leaves are up to 20 cm long. Scape is up to 25 cm long, bearing 1–3 flowers. Tepals have yellow, white and pink bands perpendicular to the veins.[2][3]:269

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 2.0 2.1 Flora of North America v 26 p 158
  3. "Hybrid Speciation in Erythronium (Liliaceae): A New Allotetraploid Species from Washington State". Systematic Botany (St. Louis: American Society of Plant Taxonomists) 26 (2): 263–272. April 2001. ISSN 0363-6445. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1363777 entry