[Fawnlilies: The Genus Erythronium East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Pale-anthered Glacier Lily

Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum

Pale-anthered Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum

Pale-anthered glacier lily blooming under Oregon white oaks at Brooks Memorial State Park, Klickitat County, WA......My 4, 2021. Note the white anthers which helps identify this variety.

Glacier Lily, Pale Fawn-lily, Yellow Avalanche Lily, Yellow Fawnlily, Yellow Fawn-lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. grandiflorum (Synonyms: Erythronium grandiflorum ssp. chrysandrum, Erythronium grandiflorum ssp. grandiflorum, Erythronium grandiflorum ssp. nudipetalum, Erythronium grandiflorum var. chrysandrum, Erythronium grandiflorum var. nudipetalum, Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum, Erythronium nudipetalum, Erythronium parviflorum)

A pale-anthered glacier lily seen along Reecer Creek Road near its junction with forest road #3521 in the Wenatchee National Forest.........June 5, 2009.

Glacier Lily, Pale Fawn-lily, Yellow Avalanche Lily, Yellow Fawnlily, Yellow Fawn-lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. grandiflorum (Synonyms: Erythronium grandiflorum ssp. chrysandrum, Erythronium grandiflorum ssp. grandiflorum, Erythronium grandiflorum ssp. nudipetalum, Erythronium grandiflorum var. chrysandrum, Erythronium grandiflorum var. nudipetalum, Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum, Erythronium nudipetalum, Erythronium parviflorum) - Glacier Lily, Pale Fawn-lily, Yellow Avalanche Lily, Yellow Fawnlily, Yellow Fawn-lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. grandiflorum (Synonyms: Erythronium grandiflorum ssp. chrysandrum, Erythronium grandiflorum ssp. grandiflorum, Erythronium grandiflorum ssp. nudipetalum, Erythronium grandiflorum var. chrysandrum, Erythronium grandiflorum var. nudipetalum, Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum, Erythronium nudipetalum, Erythronium parviflorum)

Pale-anthered glacier lilies as seen at left in moist lithosol soils along Forest Service Road 35 about one-quarter mile downhill from the junction with FS Road 3517, Table Mountain, Wenatchee National Forest...........June 4, 2013. The photo at right shows a drift of pale-anthered glacier lilies blooming in a cold, shaded depression on Baldy Mountain, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.........July 2, 2010. The tepals of the flowers at this location show a rusty color as they age.
Paul Slichter