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

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...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 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

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

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