Erythronium howellii, or Howell's fawn lily, is a flowering bulb in the lily family endemic to northwestern California and southwestern Oregon.[2][3]

Howell's fawn lily

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Erythronium
Species:
E. howellii
Binomial name
Erythronium howellii
Synonyms

Erythronium citrinum var. citrinum

It has been reclassified by the Jepson Manual as Erythronium citrinum var. citrinum.[4][5]

Distribution

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It is found in the Klamath Mountains and northern Outer California Coast Ranges.[2]

There are small populations in Siskiyou, Trinity, and Del Norte Counties in northern California; and in Curry, Josephine, and Jackson Counties in Oregon.[2][6][7] It is listed as vulnerable for the following reasons: "Range is Del Norte Co., Calif., and adjacent southern Oregon. Most of the populations occur in Oregon, a few in California. Oregon sites number <38. Populations are not large, many reported during pre-timber harvest surveys."[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Erythronium Howellii". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  2. ^ a b c Calflora taxon report, Erythronium howellii S. Watson
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Jepson eFlora: Erythronium citrinum var. citrinum . accessed 10.12.2017
  5. ^ Calflora Database: Erythronium citrinum var. citrinum . accessed 10.12.2017
  6. ^ Clennett, C. (2014). The genus Erythronium: 1-158. Kew Publishing, Kew.
  7. ^ Watson, Sereno. 1887. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 22(2): 480
  8. ^ "Comprehensive Report Species -". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
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