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Sierra Foothills Fawn Lily

Erythronium multiscapideum

Also called Sierra Fawn Lily, Sierra Fawnlily

Sierra Foothills Fawn Lily
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0
Family
Liliaceae (Lily family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
N. & C. California
Climate
temperate

About

Erythronium multiscapideum is a California species of flowering plant in the lily family which is known by the common name Sierra fawn lily.

It is endemic to California, where it grows in the foothills of the southern Cascade Range and the Sierra Nevada. Its primary range extends from Shasta County to Amador County with additional populations in Mariposa County.

Other Erythronium plants

White fawnlily · Dogtooth violet · California fawnlily · Caucasian Dog's Tooth Violet · Cream fawnlily · Dog's-tooth-violet · Coast Range fawnlily · Yellow avalanche-lily · Pacific fawnlily · Henderson's fawnlily · Howell's fawnlily · Erythronium idahoense

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erythronium multiscapideum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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