- Erythronium montanum
Taxobox
name = "Erythronium montanum"
image_width = 250px
image_caption =
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Lilliopsida
subclassis =Liliidae
ordo =Liliales
familia =Liliaceae
genus = "Erythronium "
species = "E. montanum"
binomial = "Erythronium montanum"
binomial_authority = S.Wats."Erythronium montanum" (avalanche lily, white avalanche lily) is a member of the lily family native to coastal
British Columbia and the alpine andsubalpine Olympic andCascade Range s of thePacific Northwest of North America.Blooms shortly after snowmelt in late spring, in damp subalpine woodlands and alpine meadows, often in extensive patches. Blooming plants may persist into midsummer about the edges of snowfields. In the central Cascades, it is often found flowering admixed with "
Clintonia uniflora " and "Trillium ovatum " at the lower elevation end of its range, and with "Anemone occidentalis " at higher elevations.The specimen in the illustration, was photographed from a subalpine meadow on the western slope of
Mount Hood ,Oregon , on the McNeil Point trail close to the small stream crossings just below timberline.External links
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Erythronium+montanum http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Erythronium+montanum]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERMO8 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Erythronium+montanum Photo gallery]References
*Turner & Gustafson; "Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest"
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