Erythronium sibiricum

Siberian trout lily
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Genus:	Erythronium
Species:	E. sibiricum
Binomial name
Erythronium sibiricum (Fisch. et C.A.Mey.) Krylov

Erythronium sibiricum is a bulbous perennial in the family Liliaceae, commonly known as Siberian Fawn Lily or Siberian Trout Lily.

Traits

The two basal leaves are often covered with spots. The perigones are between 25 and 70 millimeters long and of a pinkish purple, sometimes white, coloration with a yellow base. The anthers are yellow. Flowering is at the end of April or beginning of May. The number of chromosomes is 2n = 24.

Distribution

Erythronium sibiricum occurs in Siberia (Altay, Tuva, Krasnoyarsk), in Northeastern Kazakhstan and in Northern Xinjiang and Mongolia in the Altai and Sajan mountains. The species inhabits forests, thickets and subalpine meadows at altitudes of 1100 to 2500 meters.

Systematics

This species was first described in 1841 by Friedrich von Fischer and Carl Anton von Meyer as Erythronium dens-canis var. sibiricum. In 1929 Porphyry Nikitic Krylov gave it the species status.

References

• Eckehardt J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller, ed. (2008) (in German), Rothmaler - Exkursionsflora von Deutschland. Band 5: Krautige Zier- und Nutzpflanzen, Berlin Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 
• Erythronium sibiricum in the Flora of China accessed 26 August 2009
• Erythronium sibiricum in the Ornamental Plants From Russia accessed 16 December 2009