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Erythronium grandiflorum
Also called Glacier Lily, Avalanche Lily, Large Flowered Yellow Fawn Lily, Yellow Glacier Lily, White Glacierlily
Yellow avalanche-lily is a North American woodland and meadow bulb that flowers as snow melts, often in subalpine meadows. It grows best in cool conditions with moist spring soil and a dry summer rest.
Erythronium grandiflorum is a North American species of plants in the lily family. It is known by several common names, including yellow avalanche lily, glacier lily, and dogtooth fawn lily. The Ktunaxa name for glacier lily is maxa.
It is native to western North America from British Columbia and Alberta south to New Mexico and California, though it has not been reported from Arizona or Nevada. It can be found in subalpine mountain meadows, slopes, and clearings.
The bulbs were traditionally an important food source for a number of western North American Indigenous Nations. They were harvested when the plants were in fruit and often pit cooked, then dried and stored. They can also be boiled.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erythronium grandiflorum 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.
