Erythronium pluriflorum is a rare species of flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae which is known by the common names manyflower fawn lily,golden fawn-lily, and Shuteye Peak fawn lily.[2][3]
Description
Erythronium pluriflorum is a wildflower growing from a bulb 4 to 7 centimeters wide. It produces two oval-shaped green leaves and erects thin, naked stalks which may be 8 to over 30 centimeters tall. Each stalk bears from one to ten flowers. The flower has bright yellow curly tepals, each one to three centimeters long which age to a brown or orange color. The other flower parts are also yellow.[3]
The plant was not described until 1991.[2][6][7][8]
Conservation
This species is listed as imperiled due to a combination of factors. Firstly, its historic range is quite small. Erythronium pluriflorum is known from only six populations, all within the Sierra National Forest. Disruption from camping is a threat. However, climate change is the greatest threat to this species "as its habitat requirements include a sliver of area in the subalpine Sierra Nevadas."[9]
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