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Caucasian Dog's Tooth Violet

Erythronium caucasicum

Caucasian Dog's Tooth Violet
Photo: SKas, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Liliaceae (Lily family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Native range
Caucasus to N. Iran
Climate
temperate

About

Erythronium caucasicum is a bulbous perennial plant in the lily family, native to the western and central Caucasus and the Alborz Mountains in North Iran.

The leaves are spotted. In contrast with its closest relative, Erythronium dens-canis, the anthers are yellow. The petals are usually white or yellowish.

Other Erythronium plants

White fawnlily · Dogtooth violet · California fawnlily · Cream fawnlily · Dog's-tooth-violet · Coast Range fawnlily · Yellow avalanche-lily · Pacific fawnlily · Henderson's fawnlily · Howell's fawnlily · Erythronium idahoense · Asian Fawnlily

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erythronium caucasicum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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