Liliaceae
California fawnlily
Erythronium californicum
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Genus
- Erythronium
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Common names
By language (6)
- arz
- اريثرونيوم كاليفورنيكوم
- Chinese
- 加州猪牙花
- English
- California fawnlily
- German
- Kalifornischer Hundszahn
- hsb
- Kaliforniski hrymzyčnik
- Russian
- Кандык калифорнийский
Synonyms
- Erythronium bolanderi (S.Watson) Baker
- Erythronium revolutum var. bolanderi S.Watson
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 238 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Roger Raiche, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Don Loarie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mike Heine, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eric Austin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jon Lee, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lori Brandt Dudzik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.