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Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl.
Trout lily, yellow trout-lily, dogtooth violet
Trout lilies are lilies, not violets; the name “dogtooth violet” is derived from the shape of its bulb. Botanist Carol Gracie relates the story of the odd-seeming name adder’s tongue, which may have come about due to the mottling on the leaves: ...John Burroughs, a nineteenth-century American naturalist and writer, felt that adder’s tongue was an inappropriate name for such a lovely plant and suggested either fawn-lily, for its leaves are spotted like the back of a fawn, or “Still better is the name ‘troutlily,’ which has recently been proposed for this plant. It blooms along the trout streams, and its leaf is as mottled as a trout’s back.” (p. 26) Identification: These plants often form dense colonies. Leaves are sharp-tipped ovals, some narrow, some wide, curiously mottled with brownish or purplish irregular splotches. They are 3-6" (7.6-15 cm) long. Flowers are yellow inside and bronze, yellowish-brown or yellow outside, nodding, with six petals (technically, tepals). As the flowers mature, their petals bend way back, fully exposing six long brown stamens tipped with six anthers about ½" (1.3 cm) long. The anthers are yellowish brown at first, darkening to deep red-purple. References:
Online References:
Erythronium americanum on Southeastern Flora, the Southeastern U.S. Plant Identification Resource Erythronium americanum on Missouriplants.com Erythronium americanum at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Erythronium americanum on Plants for a Future, a resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants Erythronium americanum at the Missouri Botanical Garden Erythronium americanum on the Connecticut Botanical Society's Connecticut wildflowers site Erythronium americanum on Wildflowers of the United States Erythronium americanum on CalPhotos Erythronium americanum on eFloras
4/23/2016 · Big Tree/Porcupine Trail, Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, MA
5/9/2016 · Wonder Brook Park, Kennebunk Land Trust, Kennebunk, ME
4/29/2012 · Gordon and Kathy’s, Prospect, ME · By J Gordon Williamson
10/2/2020 · Gordon and Kathy’s, Prospect, ME · By J Gordon Williamson
4/15/1979 · VA · By Tim Chandler
5/9/2016 · Wonder Brook Park, Kennebunk Land Trust, Kennebunk, ME
5/9/2016 · Wonder Brook Park, Kennebunk Land Trust, Kennebunk, ME Erythronium americanum description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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10/2/2020 · Gordon and Kathy’s, Prospect, ME · By J Gordon Williamson
4/29/2012 · Gordon and Kathy’s, Prospect, ME · By J Gordon Williamson
4/29/2013 · Beaver Brook Assn Conservation Lands, Rte. 130, Hollis, NH
5/3/2014 · Beaver Brook Assn Conservation Lands, Rte. 130, Hollis, NH
4/23/2016 · Big Tree/Porcupine Trail, Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, MA
The trout lily is surrounded by young Canada mayflowers. · 4/23/2010 · Stan and Connie’s, Falmouth, ME · By Constance B. Kent
4/23/2016 · Big Tree/Porcupine Trail, Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, MA
10/2/2020 · Gordon and Kathy’s, Prospect, ME · By J Gordon Williamson
10/2/2020 · Gordon and Kathy’s, Prospect, ME · By J Gordon Williamson
4/15/1979 · VA · By Tim Chandler
5/9/2016 · Wonder Brook Park, Kennebunk Land Trust, Kennebunk, ME Range: Zones 3-8:
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