Erythronium tuolumnense
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Erythronium tuolumnense is a species of flowering plant in the lily family
which is known by the common name Tuolumne fawn lily.
It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada foothills of Tuolumne County, California
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This wildflower grows from a bulb
5 to 10 centimeters wide, sometimes with associated bulblets. It produces two small, green leaves and a reddish stalk up to 35 centimeters tall which bears one to five flowers. The flower has bright yellow tepal
s, a white style
and white stamen
s tipped with large yellow anthers. This is an uncommon plant which is threatened by human activity such as logging
in its small native range.
Liliaceae
The Liliaceae, or the lily family, is a family of monocotyledons in the order Liliales. Plants in this family have linear leaves, mostly with parallel veins but with several having net venation , and flower arranged in threes. Several have bulbs, while others have rhizomes...
which is known by the common name Tuolumne fawn lily.
It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada foothills of Tuolumne County, California
Tuolumne County, California
Tuolumne County is a county in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. The northern half of Yosemite National Park is located in the eastern part of the county. As of the 2010 census, the population was 55,365, up from 54,501 at the 2000 census...
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This wildflower grows from a bulb
Bulb
A bulb is a short stem with fleshy leaves or leaf bases. The leaves often function as food storage organs during dormancy.A bulb's leaf bases, known as scales, generally do not support leaves, but contain food reserves to enable the plant to survive adverse conditions. At the center of the bulb is...
5 to 10 centimeters wide, sometimes with associated bulblets. It produces two small, green leaves and a reddish stalk up to 35 centimeters tall which bears one to five flowers. The flower has bright yellow tepal
Tepal
Tepals are elements of the perianth, or outer part of a flower, which include the petals or sepals. The term tepal is more often applied specifically when all segments of the perianth are of similar shape and color, or undifferentiated, which is called perigone...
s, a white style
Gynoecium
Gynoecium is most commonly used as a collective term for all carpels in a flower. A carpel is the ovule and seed producing reproductive organ in flowering plants. Carpels are derived from ovule-bearing leaves which evolved to form a closed structure containing the ovules...
and white stamen
Stamen
The stamen is the pollen producing reproductive organ of a flower...
s tipped with large yellow anthers. This is an uncommon plant which is threatened by human activity such as logging
Logging
Logging is the cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks.In forestry, the term logging is sometimes used in a narrow sense concerning the logistics of moving wood from the stump to somewhere outside the forest, usually a sawmill or a lumber yard...
in its small native range.