Howell's fawn lily | |
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Scientific classification | |
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 |
Erythronium howellii, or Howell's fawn lily, is a flowering bulb in the lily family endemic to northwestern California and southwestern Oregon. [2] [3]
It has been reclassified by the Jepson Manual as Erythronium citrinum var. citrinum. [4] [5]
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]
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