Erythronium pluriflorum

Taxobox|
name = "Erythronium pluriflorum"


image_width = 270px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Lilliopsida
subclassis = Liliidae
ordo = Liliales
familia = Liliaceae
genus = "Erythronium"
species = "E. pluriflorum"
binomial = "Erythronium pluriflorum"
binomial_authority = Shevock, Bartel & G. A. Allen

"Erythronium pluriflorum" is a species of rare flowering plant in the lily family which is known by the common names manyflower fawn lily and Shuteye Peak fawn lily. It is endemic to Madera County, California, where it grows in isolated populations along the San Joaquin River and its tributaries in the Sierra Nevada. One of its common names refers to Shuteye Peak, one of very few places it exists. The plant was not described until 1990. This wildflower grows from a bulb 4 to 7 centimeters wide and produces two oval-shaped green leaves. It erects thin, naked stalks which may be 8 to over 30 centimeters tall, each stalk bearing 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.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8349,8546,8555 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERPL8 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Erythronium+pluriflorum Photo gallery]