Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Erythronium americanum ssp. americanum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Trout Lily from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
American Trout Lily differs from Dimpled Trout Lily in several ways, one of which is the size of the flowers. Read more on Jim Fowler's blog.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erythronium americanum ssp. americanum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-26-001:
Erythronium americanum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
COMMON NAME:
American Trout Lily, Dogtooth Violet, Adder's Tongue, Yellow Trout-lily
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Jean Askew jas_0140
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Six purple-spotted spreading-to-reflexed tepals with tiny "ears" at the base, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Erythronium americanum ssp. americanum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erythronium americanum ssp. americanum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-26-001:
Erythronium americanum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
536
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - NC SC
Rare in NC-SC
Look for it in moist bottomland or slope forests, esp over mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
...Variable
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (2)
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
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p131
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p127
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p018
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p338
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p08
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p098
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p274
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p164
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p033
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p034
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p359
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p414
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p009