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Siberian Fawn Lily

Erythronium sibiricum

Siberian Fawn Lily
Photo: Borealis55, Public domain

Erythronium sibiricum is a small bulbous perennial from the lily family, native to mountain forests and meadows of southern Siberia, Mongolia and nearby regions. It is a cool-climate woodland spring bloomer, grown from bulbs in a cool, moist, partly shaded spot.

Family
Liliaceae (Lily family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during spring growth, then allow it to dry out a little after flowering.
Soil
Humus-rich, free-draining woodland soil.
Temperature
Hardy to very cold winters; suited to cool temperate climates.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Siberia to Mongolia
Climate
temperate

About

Erythronium sibiricum is a bulbous perennial plant in the lily family Liliaceae, commonly known as the Siberian fawn lily or Siberian trout lily.

Where it grows

Erythronium sibiricum occurs in Siberia (Altay, Tuva, Krasnoyarsk), in Northeastern Kazakhstan and in Northern Xinjiang and Mongolia in the Altai and Sajan mountains. The species inhabits forests, thickets and subalpine meadows at altitudes of 1100 to 2500 meters.

Other Erythronium plants

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 sibiricum 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.

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