Erythronium umbilicatum C.R. Parks & Hardin ssp. umbilicatum . Common name: Dimpled Trout Lily. Phenology: (Late Jan-) Feb-Apr (May?); Apr-Jun. Habitat: Moist bottomland or slope forests, or in rather dry upland habitats. Distribution: VA and e. WV south through NC, SC, and e. TN to c. GA, e. AL, and Panhandle FL.
ID notes: Where sympatric with Erythronium americanum ssp. americanum, Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum blooms about 2 weeks earlier on average, has a slightly oranger, deeper yellow flower color, and can be distinguished in flower or fruit by the shape of the ovary summit (see key).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: E. umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum is a diploid (2n = 24). Mathew (1992) suggested the possibility that an earlier name, E. nuttallianum Roemer & J.A. Schultes, may apply to this taxon; the two locations mentioned on the type, Pennsylvania and Albany, NY, are outside the known range of the species, however.
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA26, GW1, K4, NS, POWO, Va, Mathew (1992), Parks & Hardin (1963); < Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl. — F, G, RAB, S, S13; < Erythronium umbilicatum C.R.Parks & Hardin — C, Tn, W, WH3, WV. Basionym: Erythronium umbilicatum C.R.Parks & Hardin 1963
Links to other floras: = Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum - FNA26
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (name change)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 3
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Acaulescent perennial growing in moist bottomland or slope forests, or in rather dry upland habitats.
Stems: Stem a pink-tinted, smooth flowering scape.
Leaves: Leaves basal and spreading-ascending, sessile, lance-shaped, to 7 in. long, fleshy, mottled with purplish-brown markings and smooth.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flower solitary, nodding at tip of scape, yellow, to 1 in. long, trumpet-shaped, consisting of 6 reflexed tepals with some purple spotting (but lacking the tiny "ears" of E. americanum ssp. americanum) and 6 dangling stamens bearing long, brownish-purple anthers.
Fruits: Fruit a green, oval capsule with distinct indentation at the summit and typically lying on the ground.
Comments:
Height: 4-10 in.
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description: Acaulescent perennial growing in moist bottomland or slope forests, or in rather dry upland habitats.
stems: Stem a pink-tinted, smooth flowering scape.
leaves: Leaves basal and spreading-ascending, sessile, lance-shaped, to 7 in. long, fleshy, mottled with purplish-brown markings and smooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flower solitary, nodding at tip of scape, yellow, to 1 in. long, trumpet-shaped, consisting of 6 reflexed tepals with some purple spotting (but lacking the tiny "ears" of E. americanum ssp. americanum) and 6 dangling stamens bearing long, brownish-purple anthers.
fruits: Fruit a green, oval capsule with distinct indentation at the summit and typically lying on the ground.
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native range: southeastern United States
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