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Erythronium americanum
Also called Trout Lily, Yellow Adder's Tongue, Amberbell, American Trout Lily, Yellow Dog's Tooth Violet, Yellow Trout Lily, Yellow Dogtooth Violet
Dogtooth violet (Erythronium americanum) is a small spring-blooming perennial bulb native to eastern North American woodlands, forming colonies. It grows best in cool, moist, shaded woodland conditions and goes dormant after flowering.
Erythronium americanum, the trout lily, yellow trout lily, fawn lily, yellow adder's-tongue, or yellow dogtooth violet, is a species of perennial, colony forming, spring ephemeral flower native to North America and dwelling in woodland habitats. Within its range it is a very common and widespread species, especially in eastern North America. The common name "trout lily" refers to the appearance of its gray-green leaves mottled with brown or gray, which allegedly resemble the coloring of brook trout.
The range is from Labrador south to Georgia, west to Mississippi, and north to Minnesota.
California fawnlily · Dog's-tooth-violet · Yellow avalanche-lily · Asian Fawnlily · Mahogany fawnlily · Tuolumne fawnlily · Fawn lily
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erythronium americanum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
