White Trout Lily

(Erythronium albidum)

 

   

 

Color Photograph: NRCS Plants Database, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

White Trout Lily (Erythronium albidum Nutt.)

Identification: Flower white, large, with reflexed petals and located at the tip of a long flowering stalk. Center of flower may be tinged with yellow in the center and with violet on the blacksides of the petals. Leaves in a pair, elongate, broad, usually without purple mottling. Plant 6 to 9 inches in height.

Distribution: Throughout most of the eastern eastern United States, but most commonly west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Habitat: White Trout Lily is found in forest habitats, primarily west of the Appalachian Mounains. The species prefers wetter soils.

Flowering period: April to June.

Similar Species: The white, dog-tooth violet flowers are distinctive.

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