''Erythronium klamathense'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the lily family known by the common name Klamath fawn lily. It is native to northern

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( Shasta and Siskiyou Counties) and southern

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and Lane Counties), where it grows in the

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Description

''Erythronium klamathense'' is a perennial herb growing from a bulb and producing generally two wavy-edged, narrow leaves up to 17 centimeters long. The

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphology (biology), Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of sperma ...

arises on an erect stalk up to 20 centimeters tall, with one to three flowers per stalk. The flower has

tepal A tepal is one of the outer parts of a flower (collectively the perianth). The term is used when these parts cannot easily be classified as either sepals or petals. This may be because the parts of the perianth are undifferentiated (i.e. of very ...

s 2 or 3 centimeters long which are white with yellow bases, turning pinkish with age. The long, protruding stamens have large pale yellow anthers.Applegate, Elmer Ivan. 1930. Contributions from the Dudley Herbarium 1(4): 151–152.

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