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St. Helena Fawn Lily
Erythronium helenae
  
About St. Helena Fawn Lily (Erythronium helenae) 2 Nurseries Carry This Plant Erythronium helenae is a species of flowering plant in the lily family which is known by the common names Pacific fawn lily and St. Helena fawn lily. It is endemic to the coastal mountains north of the San Francisco Bay Area in California. It is named for the local peak Mount Saint Helena. This wildflower grows from a bulb 3 to 5 centimeters wide and produces two wide leaves up to 20 centimeters long which are green mottled with brown or white. It produces erect stalks up to 30 centimeters tall, each bearing one to three flowers. The flower has white petals with yellowish bases 3 or 4 centimeters long. The petals develop pink or purple streaks or mottling as they age. The flower has yellow stamens with large yellow anthers.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Perennial herb

Size
Size
11.8 in tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
Pink, Yellow, White, Purple, Brown

Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Shade, Part Shade

Nurseries
Nurseries

Sunset Zones
Sunset Zones?
6, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17

Natural Setting
Site Type
Site Type
Dry areas

Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 25.9" - 64.6", Summer Precipitation: 0.32" - 1.93", Coldest Month: 45.7" - 48.1", Hottest Month: 63.4" - 74.3", Humidity: 0.90" - 23.39", Elevation: 39" - 4311"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Mt. St. Helena Fawn Lily, Pacific Fawn Lily, Pacific Fawnlily


Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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