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Erythronium dens-canis
Also called Dogtooth Violet
A small spring-flowering bulbous perennial from central and southern Europe, grown for its pink or lilac flowers. It likes damp soil in spring and dries out and goes dormant in summer.
Erythronium dens-canis, the dog's-tooth-violet is a bulbous herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Liliaceae. It is native to central and southern Europe from Portugal to Ukraine, and locally naturalised north to Germany, Great Britain, and Ireland. It, and the closely related Erythronium caucasicum in the extreme southeast of Europe, are the only naturally occurring species of Erythronium in Europe. Despite its common name, it is not closely related to the true violets of genus Viola.
Erythronium dens-canis is found in damp, sunny or lightly shaded settings such as meadows and open woodland, mainly growing at altitudes of 500–2,000 m.
It is grown as a garden plant for its attractive flowers. It was first introduced to Britain in 1596, with naturalised plants first noted in 1965.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erythronium dens-canis 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.
