Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Erythronium citrinum, also known as citrus fawn lily or cream fawn lily, is a member of the lily family that is found in southwest Oregon and adjacent northwest California. The genus Erythronium, which can be found across northern North America, Europe and Asia, is most diverse in California, which is home to fifteen of about twenty-eight members of the genus. Its flowers are borne on stems that are six to eight inches tall. It has a pair of broad mottled leaves up to about six inches long. The stigma is very shallowly three lobed, and its anthers are white. It grows in open woods and shrubby slopes, and is more or less confined to serpentine soils. It blooms in early spring and can sometimes be seen blooming in profusion.

Plant type

Perennial herb, Geophyte

Size

6 - 8 in Tall

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Sunset Zones

5, 17

Site type

Dry slopes

Plant communities

Chaparral, Yellow Pine Forest