| Quinault fawn lily | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Critically Imperiled (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lilioideae |
| Tribe: | Lilieae |
| Genus: | Erythronium |
| Species: | E. quinaultense |
| Binomial name | |
| Erythronium quinaultense G.A.Allen | |
Erythronium quinaultense, the Quinault fawn-lily, is a rare plant species endemic to a small region around Lake Quinault in Olympic National Park, Washington state, United States.
Erythronium quinaultense produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 75 millimetres (3.0 in) long. Leaves are up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) long. Scape is up to 25 centimetres (9.8 in) long, bearing one to three flowers. Tepals have yellow, white and pink bands perpendicular to the veins.
References
- NatureServe (1 March 2024). "Erythronium quinaultense". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of North America v 26 p 158
- Allen, G.A. (April 2001). "Hybrid Speciation in Erythronium (Liliaceae): A New Allotetraploid Species from Washington State". Systematic Botany. 26 (2). St. Louis: American Society of Plant Taxonomists: 263–272. eISSN 1548-2324. ISSN 0363-6445. JSTOR 2666706.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Erythronium quinaultense |
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