Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Erythronium rostratum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erythronium rostratum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erythronium americanum
COMMON NAME:
Beaked Trout Lily
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Erythronium rostratum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erythronium rostratum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erythronium americanum
2892
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist bottomland or slope forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native: south central US
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (2) (occasionally 3)
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p152
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p164
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p359
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p415