Erythronium pusaterii explained

Erythronium pusaterii is a species of flowering plant in the lily family known by the common names Kaweah Lakes fawn lily and Hocket Lakes fawn lily.^[1]

It is endemic to Tulare County, California, where it is known from only about ten sites in the Sierra Nevada.^[1] ^[2]

The epithet pusaterii was chosen in honor of Samuel J. Pusateri, of the College of the Sequoias, collector of the original type material.^[3]

Description

This perennial wildflower grows from a bulb 4 to 6 centimeters wide and bears usually two wavy-edged, lance-shaped leaves each up to 35 centimeters long. The inflorescence arises on a stalk up to 40 centimeters tall and bears one to eight flowers. The flower has six tepals up to 4.5 centimeters long which are white at the tips and yellow drying pink at the bases.^[4]

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Notes and References

http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=3508 Calflora taxon report, Erythronium pusaterii (Munz & J. Howell) J.R. Shevock, et al. Hocket Lakes fawn lily, Kaweah Lakes fawnlily
http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Erythronium%20pusaterii.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13009624#page/124/mode/1up Munz, Philip Alexander & Howell, John Thomas. 1964. The Kaweah fawn lilies, a new subspecies in California. Leaflets of Western Botany 10(7): 104–105
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101603 Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 159 Kaweah Lakes fawn-lily Erythronium pusaterii (Munz & J. T. Howell) Shevock, Bartel & G. A. Allen, Madroño. 37: 264. 1991