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Liliaceae
Erythronium

not marked as a favorite taxon Erythronium albidum Nuttall. Common name: White Trout Lily, Blonde Lilian. Phenology: Mar-May. Habitat: Rich, mesic forests, over calcareous substrates or in very nutrient-rich alluvial soils. Distribution: S. ON west to MN, south to n. VA, n. AL, MS, MO, OK, and ne. TX. Reports from nw. GA are erroneous (M. Medley, 2019, pers. comm.).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, ETx1, FNA26, Il, K4, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, S, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WV, Mathew (1992); = Erythronium albidum Nutt. var. albidum — F, G; > Erythronium albidum Nutt. var. albidum — S13; > Erythronium albidum Nutt. var. coloratum Sterns — S13. Basionym: Erythronium albidum Nutt. 1818

Links to other floras: = Erythronium albidum - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Great Plains: FACU
  • Midwest: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 4

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image #1 of Erythronium albidum© Grant Morrow Parkins | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Early blooming, colony forming, scapose perennial growing in leaf litter of rich, mesic forests over calcareous substrates or in very nutrient-rich alluvial soils.

Stems: Stem a red-tinged, smooth flowering scape.

Leaves: Leaves basal and spreading-ascending, sessile, elliptic to lance-shaped, to 7 in. long, smooth, fleshy and usually with purplish-brown mottling.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers solitary, nodding at the tip of the scape, white, 1-2 in. long, trumpet-shaped, consisting of 6 reflexed tepals and 6 dangling stamens bearing brown anthers.

Fruits: Fruit a green, rounded capsule held above the ground surface.

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Height: 4-8 in.

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description: Early blooming, colony forming, scapose perennial growing in leaf litter of rich, mesic forests over calcareous substrates or in very nutrient-rich alluvial soils.

stems: Stem a red-tinged, smooth flowering scape.

leaves: Leaves basal and spreading-ascending, sessile, elliptic to lance-shaped, to 7 in. long, smooth, fleshy and usually with purplish-brown mottling.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers solitary, nodding at the tip of the scape, white, 1-2 in. long, trumpet-shaped, consisting of 6 reflexed tepals and 6 dangling stamens bearing brown anthers.

fruits: Fruit a green, rounded capsule held above the ground surface.

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native range: eastern North America



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