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Author Topic: Can anyone identify this Erythronium?  (Read 541 times)

Mattb

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Can anyone identify this Erythronium?
« on: January 30, 2022, 11:51:32 PM »


I’m wondering whether anyone can identify this Erythronium for me? I purchased seeds from someone who told me it was E. revolutum. It doesn’t look like any E. revolutum I’ve seen and I can’t find any reference to a yellow form. I’m told that the foliage does have marbling but I don’t have any photos of it.

Any help, much appreciated!
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Diane Whitehead

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Re: Can anyone identify this Erythronium?
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2022, 01:19:22 AM »
Definitely not revolutum.

Some ways to help identify a species:

Are the leaves plain green or mottled with brown?
Are the filaments of the stamens flattened?
Are there little folded bits at the base of the inner three petals?
Are the seed pods narrow and upright, even until the end of the winter, or are they wider, sometimes bending to the ground?
Diane Whitehead        Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Mattb

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Re: Can anyone identify this Erythronium?
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2022, 03:21:32 AM »
Thanks for getting back to me Diane.

Unfortunately this sole picture is all I have to go off and I can't get in touch with the person from whom I purchased the seeds! I've sown them and they've had their first season of growth now. I'm just trying to work out which it is... and being impatient as I would love to know what it is before waiting for it to flower!

I do know that the leaves are mottled with brown, in a similar way to E. revolutum, perhaps, hence the seller's misidentification?
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Re: Can anyone identify this Erythronium?
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2022, 04:13:28 AM »
The petals are unusually broad.
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Re: Can anyone identify this Erythronium?
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2022, 04:59:42 PM »
Almost certainly a hybrid , especially if the leaves are mottled.  No such thing as an unwelcome Erythronium, of course!



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Re: Can anyone identify this Erythronium?
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2022, 08:28:51 PM »
I'm not certain; but it looks very much like the hybrid named 'Pagoda' .  See for yourself in the PBS 'wiki'  on Erythronium.
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