Trout Lily, Adder's Tongue or Dogtooth Violet

Trout Lily, Adder's Tongue or Dogtooth Violet

Erythronium americanum

Lily Family - Liliaceae

Flowers 0.75 to 1.5 inches in length with 3 petals and 3 sepals both of which curve backwards. Initially the anthers of the 6 stamens are yellow and then turn reddish-brown. (Photographed – late April).

A single nodding yellow flower (brownish-purple on the underside) rising above two elongated and rather broad basal leaves,

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