Why "trout"? Maybe because the flowers bloom at the beginning of trout season, maybe because the mottled leaves suggest the speckled sides of a brook or brown trout. Most apt are "trout-lily" and "fawn-lily," said to have been coined by naturalist John Burroughs to replace the inappropriate name "dogtooth-violet." Indeed, the plant is a lily by affinity, and its nodding 1-2-inch flowers that bloom a mere 5-10 inches above the ground are shaped like miniature lilies. Each features some prominent characteristic of the plant. The trout-lily has more vernacular aliases than a scam artist, bespeaking its widespread occurrence and popularity as a wildflower.
Some would say that these leaves, which suddenly arch above the dried leaf litter like a serpent's tongue and virtually pant for sunshine, are the basis for one of the plant's well-known common names, "adder's-tongue." Personally, I suspect it was the extruding stamens of the flower that, to some name-coiner long ago, conjured up the darting tongue of a snake poised to strike. Yellow trout lily has tulip-like green leaves with silvery-brownish. It is one of the earliest to send up its leaves- broad, yellowish to dark green, pointed tongues dappled with brownish maroon spots and flowers soon after. There are two parts to identifying yellow trout lilies- their leaves and the flowers. Dimpled trout lily occurs in FL, GA, KY, MD, NC, SC, TN, VA, and WV ( map).Trout lily (Erythronium americanum) Hi you are buying 20 trout lily corns,Yellow trout-lily, Erythronium americanum, a Paul Revere of spring, is a signature member of that band of ephemerals of the forest floor that march through their life cycles and disappear for another year almost before you have time to notice them. Terrific pictures of this distinguishing character are available here. The ovary and fruit of American trout lily are rounded at the top. umbilicatum)īoth species have yellow flowers, and both are nodding, but the ovary and fruit of dimpled trout lily have a ‘dimple’ at the top. American trout lily versus dimpled trout lily ( E. Beaked trout lily is limited to AK, KS, KY, LA, MS, MO, OH, OK, TN, and TX ( map). rostratum)īoth species have yellow flowers, but those of beaked trout lily point upwards (erect), while flowers of American trout lily are nodding (point downwards). American trout lily versus beaked trout lily ( E. White trout lily occurs in AR, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SD, TN, TX, VA, WV, WI, and southern ON ( map). The Cherokee crushed the warmed leaves and poured the juice over wounds that would not heal.
In most populations, non-flowering individuals outnumber the flowering ones. American trout lily has yellow flowers, whereas white trout lily has white flowers (hence the common name). The mottled leaves of American trout-lily are said to resemble the markings on trout.
American trout lily versus white trout lily ( E. Pointers for distinguishing American trout lily from the other three species follow. Trout lily is not a fast-spreading bulb don’t expect it to naturalize wantonly. Some of our favorites varieties include lemony ‘Pagoda’ (which grows to 18 inches, a towering height for a trout lily) and Erythronium californicum ‘White Beauty’, with a pink tinge at the tips of its petals. Like the other trout lilies, American trout lily produces green leaves with red or white mottling, and a single flower per (reproductive) plant (see gallery). Depending on the species and cultivar, trout lilies are hardy in USDA growing zones 3 to 9. Only 2 left order soon More like this Add to. USA: CT, DE, GA, IL, IN, IA, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VT, VA, WV, WI. Trout Lily, Erythronium, Americanum, Pollinator, Medicinal Herb, Herbaceous Perennial, Perennial Bulbs, Home Garden Ad by MalorasGrove Ad from shop MalorasGrove MalorasGrove From shop MalorasGrove. You can find it in the springtime woods of much of eastern North America. Flowering corms produce a pair of 6-inch long, waxy, gray-green leaves that are mottled with irregular patches of brown, giving rise to the common name of fawn lily. It is one of four trout lily species in eastern North America. The trout lily is a small plant that grows only about 6 inches tall with a single nodding white flower produced from a slender corm resembling a dog’s fang tooth. This project is concerned with American trout lily ( Erythronium americanum). americanum compared to dimpled ovary of E. americanum compared to upright flower of E.
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