Plant Portrait

Scientific Name:

Erythronium americanum

Common Name:

Trout lily, Adder's tongue

Native/Alien:

Native

Type:

Perennial

Light:

Shade

Soil Moisture:

Mesic (*)

Leaves Unfurling

leaf bud

© MB Baumeister, 2005

Budding Plant

flower bud

© MB Baumeister, 2005

Bloom

bloom

© MB Baumeister, 2002

Closeup of Bloom

bloom

© MB Baumeister, 2005

Plant in Bloom

bloom

© MB Baumeister, 2005

Plant in Bloom

The blooms also come in white!

white bloom

Hemlock Bluffs, 2004
© Tom Harville

Links:

USDA PLANTS Database Record

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