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Erythronium oregonum
Also called White Fawn Lily, Oregon Fawn Lily, Oregon's Fawn Lily, Giant Adder's Tongue, Giant White Fawn Lily, Western White Fawn Lily, Giant Fawnlily
Erythronium oregonum is a North American woodland and meadow spring bulb in the lily family, grown as a species from western British Columbia to northern California. It needs cool, moist conditions in spring and a dry summer dormancy to flower well.
Erythronium oregonum is a North American species of flowering plant in the lily family which is known by the common name giant white fawnlily or Oregon fawn-lily.
It is native to western North America, where it grows in the Pacific Coast Ranges from southwestern British Columbia to northern California.
In North America from southern British Columbia south to northern California, west of the Cascade Range to the Coast Range and Siskiyous. It grows in meadows, rocky outcrops, and coniferous forests.
Bears have been known to eat the entire plant.
White fawnlily · Dogtooth violet · California fawnlily · Caucasian Dog's Tooth Violet · Cream fawnlily · Dog's-tooth-violet · Coast Range fawnlily · Yellow avalanche-lily · Pacific fawnlily · Henderson's fawnlily · Howell's fawnlily · Erythronium idahoense
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erythronium oregonum 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.
