Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl.

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Liliaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Extensively colonial; sterile corms numerous, producing a single lf and 2–several stolon-like offshoots; fertile corms few, 2-lvd; lvs mottled in life; scape stout, 1–2 dm; tep 1.5–5 cm, recurved-reflexed at anthesis, yellow, often spotted toward the base within or darker-colored outside, the pet with a small rounded auricle on each side 3–6 mm above the base; ovary and fr convex or truncate or apiculate, the fr commonly held above the ground ± horizontally; stigmas short, scarcely separate, terminating the clavate style; 2n=48. Moist woods; N.S. and w. Ont. to Minn., s. to Fla. and Ala., commoner eastward. Apr., May.