| Yellow 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. rostratum |
| Binomial name | |
| Erythronium rostratum | |
Erythronium rostratum, the yellow fawnlily or golden-star, is a plant species native to the south-central part of the United States (Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Ohio, Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Tennessee).[1][2][3]
Erythronium rostratum produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 20 mm long. Leaves are lanceolate, up to 20 cm long. Scape is up to 10 cm tall, bearing one yellow flower.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Biota of North America Project
- ↑ "golden-star". ODNR. Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ↑ Flora of North America v 26 p 162
- ↑ Wolf, Wolfgang. 1941. Castanea 6(2): 24–26, pl. 1.
External links
Media related to Erythronium rostratum at Wikimedia Commons- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, Erythronium rostratum, collected in Missouri
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