Erythronium pusaterii

Erythronium pusaterii is a species of flowering plant in the lily family known by the common names Kaweah Lakes fawn lily and Hocket Lakes fawn lily.[2]

Erythronium pusaterii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Erythronium
Species:
E. pusaterii
Binomial name
Erythronium pusaterii
(Munz & J.T. Howell) Shevock, Bartel & Allen
Synonyms[1]

Erythronium grandiflorum subsp. pusaterii Munz & J.T.Howell

It is endemic to Tulare County, California, where it is known from only about ten sites in the Sierra Nevada.[2][3]

The epithet pusaterii was chosen in honor of Samuel J. Pusateri, of the College of the Sequoias, collector of the original type material.[4]

Description

This perennial wildflower grows from a bulb 4 to 6 centimeters wide and bears usually two wavy-edged, lance-shaped leaves each up to 35 centimeters long. The inflorescence arises on a stalk up to 40 centimeters tall and bears one to eight flowers. The flower has six tepals up to 4.5 centimeters long which are white at the tips and yellow drying pink at the bases.[5]

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Calflora taxon report, Erythronium pusaterii (Munz & J. Howell) J.R. Shevock, et al. Hocket Lakes fawn lily, Kaweah Lakes fawnlily
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Munz, Philip Alexander & Howell, John Thomas. 1964. The Kaweah fawn lilies, a new subspecies in California. Leaflets of Western Botany 10(7): 104–105 as Erythronium grandiflorum subsp. pusaterii
  5. Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 159 Kaweah Lakes fawn-lily Erythronium pusaterii (Munz & J. T. Howell) Shevock, Bartel & G. A. Allen, Madroño. 37: 264. 1991


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