White Trout Lily

Synonyms:   White Fawnlily

Scientific Name:   Erythronium albidum


Spring ephemeral, not flowering for the first four to seven years of its life. Seeds have fatty appendages (elaiosomes) which attract ants that disperse seeds. Spread slowly to form colonies, some 200-300 years old. Lily family (bulbous herbs with a superior ovary).

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White Trout Lily

Genus species: Erythronium albidum
Common Names: White Trout Lily, White Fawnlily
Family Name: Liliaceae  
Perennial herbs from bulbs; leaves various, simple and parallel-veined, with sheathing bases; flowers bisexual, regular, solitary or in various terminal clusters; superior ovary; fruit a berry or capsule; often toxic if eaten.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:White
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
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