Yellow fawn lily
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Biota of North America Project
  3. "golden-star". ODNR. Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  4. Flora of North America v 26 p 162
  5. Wolf, Wolfgang. 1941. Castanea 6(2): 24–26, pl. 1.


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