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Erythronium

not marked as a favorite taxon Erythronium umbilicatum C.R. Parks & Hardin.

Non-standard. Added for North Carolina Botanical Garden planted species. Habitat: Non-standard. Added for North Carolina Botanical Garden planted species.

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NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, early-blooming perennial found in moist bottomland or slope forests, or in rather dry upland habitats.

Stems: Stem a pink-tinged, leafless, and smooth flowering scape.

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

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flower solitary, nodding at curved 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) and 6 dangling stamens bearing long, brownish-purple anthers.

Fruits: Fruit a green, oval capsule with indentation at the summit and typically lying on the ground.

Comments:

Height: 4-10 in.

plant sale text: The attractively speckled leaves of this species somewhat resemble a trout, hence its common name "trout-lily." This member of the lily family produces nodding, yellow flowers, each about one inch across, in early spring. It is one of our earliest flowering Southeastern native perennials. Dimpled trout-lily grows well as a part of the understory of deciduous forests, often forming large colonies over time. It is primarily found in the piedmont and mountains in North Carolina. It takes 4 to 7 years to reach maturity and bloom. Rarely offered for sale, these plants have been grown from seed here at NCBG.

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description: Erect, early-blooming perennial found in moist bottomland or slope forests, or in rather dry upland habitats.

stems: Stem a pink-tinged, leafless, and smooth flowering scape.

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

inflorescence:

flowers: Flower solitary, nodding at curved 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) and 6 dangling stamens bearing long, brownish-purple anthers.

fruits: Fruit a green, oval capsule with indentation at the summit and typically lying on the ground.

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native range: southeastern United States



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