Erythronium pluriflorum

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Erythronium pluriflorum
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Imperiled  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Erythronium
Species:
E. pluriflorum
Binomial name
Erythronium pluriflorum

Erythronium pluriflorum is a rare species of flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae which is known by the common names manyflower fawn lily,golden fawn-lily, and Shuteye Peak fawn lily. [2] [3]

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Description

Erythronium pluriflorum is a wildflower growing from a bulb 4 to 7 centimeters wide. It produces two oval-shaped green leaves and erects thin, naked stalks which may be 8 to over 30 centimeters tall. Each stalk bears from one to ten flowers. The flower has bright yellow curly tepals, each one to three centimeters long which age to a brown or orange color. The other flower parts are also yellow. [3]

Distribution

It is endemic to California, in the central Sierra Nevada within eastern Madera County. It is known only from isolated populations on Chiquito Ridge and Shuteye Peak, in the San Joaquin River watershed. [4] [5] It is listed as an endangered species by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and IUCN, and is on the California Native Plant Society Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants. [4]

The plant was not described until 1991. [2] [6] [7] [8]

Conservation

This species is listed as imperiled due to a combination of factors. Firstly, its historic range is quite small. Erythronium pluriflorum is known from only six populations, all within the Sierra National Forest. Disruption from camping is a threat. However, climate change is the greatest threat to this species "as its habitat requirements include a sliver of area in the subalpine Sierra Nevadas." [9]

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References

  1. "Erythronium pluriflorum". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  2. 1 2 Calflora taxon report, Erythronium pluriflorum J.R. Shevock, J. Bartel & G. Allen Shuteye Peak fawn lily, manyflower fawnlily
  3. 1 2 Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 159, Golden fawn-lily, Erythronium pluriflorum Shevock, Bartel & G. A. Allen, Madroño. 37: 268, figures 3. 1991.
  4. 1 2 California Native Plant Society; Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-02), Erythronium pluriflorum. Accessed 2016-02-28.
  5. Topoquest.com: Shuteye Peak
  6. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  7. Shevock, James Robert, Bartel, Jim A., & Allen, Geraldine A. 1991. Madroño 37(4): 268–272, figures 1 + 3
  8. Tropicos, Erythronium pluriflorum Shevock, Bartel & G.A. Allen
  9. "Comprehensive Report Species -". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2018-04-14.