Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. monostolum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Trout Lily from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. monostolum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. monostolum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-26-001?:
Erythronium americanum FAMILY Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erythronium americanum
COMMON NAME:
Southern Appalachian Trout Lily
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. monostolum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. monostolum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. monostolum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-26-001?:
Erythronium americanum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erythronium americanum
2891
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: High elevation coves, slopes, and grassy balds, moist forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Uncommon (endemic to the high Mountains of NC & TN; it approaches the VA border)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (2)
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p152
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p414?
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