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Erythronium californicum
Also called California Fawn Lily, Fawn Lily, White Beauty
A spring-flowering bulb from the moist woodlands of northern California, with nodding, slightly scented white to yellowish flowers. It needs a cool, moist, shaded spot with a dormant dry period in summer.
Erythronium californicum, the California fawn lily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae, endemic to moist woodland habitats in the mountains of Northern California.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erythronium californicum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
