2892

Forb
Perennial

Native: south central US

Documented growing wild in - - -

Look for it in moist bottomland or slope forests, per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist ...Variable

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 p152
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p164
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p359
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p415

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Erythronium rostratum   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erythronium rostratum   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Erythronium americanum