Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

537
Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Liliaceae
Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Liliaceae
Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum

LESS THAN
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Liliaceae
041-26-001?
Erythronium americanum

Common Name:
Dimpled Trout Lily, Dogtooth Violet

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in moist bottomland or slope forests, or in rather dry upland habitats, per Weakley's Flora



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...Moist ...Variable ...Dry

Leaves:
Simple
Basal: two

Flower:
Spring
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
6 stamens

Fruit:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p175
All About SC Wildflowers p152
Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p034
Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p009
Wildflowers of Tennessee p359?
Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley & the Southern Appalachians p414




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image of Erythronium americanum, image of Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum
Patrick D. McMillan      pdmeumbillicatum_glsy2


February
Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Acknowledgments to Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review

 

image of Erythronium americanum, image of Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum
JK Marlow      jkm0503b_20


March
Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park

Looking at the flower from behind.

 

image of Erythronium americanum, image of Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum
JK Marlow      jkm090321_254b


March
Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

 

image of Erythronium americanum, image of Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum
JK Marlow      jkm100313_114


March
Gadsden County FL
Angus Gholson Nature Park

In center of picture, a monocot seed leaf.

 

image of Erythronium americanum, image of Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum
JK Marlow      jkm100313_254


March
Grady County GA
Wolf Creek Preserve

 

image of Erythronium americanum, image of Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum
JK Marlow      jkm100313_303


March
Grady County GA
Wolf Creek Preserve

 

image of Erythronium americanum, image of Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum
Patrick D. McMillan      pdmeumbillicatum_glsy12


March
Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Acknowledgments to Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review

 

image of Erythronium americanum, image of Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum
Patrick D. McMillan      pdmeumbillicatum_glsy18


March
Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Anthers usually lavender, brown, cinnamon, or purple (sometimes yellow), per Weakley's Flora

Acknowledgments to Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review

 

image of Erythronium americanum, image of Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum
JK Marlow      jkm0404f_04


April
Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Best distinguished by the indented (not rounded) summit of the capsule, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.

 

image of Erythronium americanum, image of Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum
Patrick D. McMillan      pdmeumbillicatum_lex1b


April

Apex of mature capsule usually pointed downward, per Weakley's Flora.

Acknowledgments to Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review

 

image of Erythronium americanum, image of Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum
Steve Marlow      snm082904_05a


April
Polk County SC
Pearson's Falls

 

image of Erythronium americanum, image of Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum
Steve Marlow      snm100403_127


April
Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve

 

image of Erythronium americanum, image of Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum
Harry Davis      hld537_crw_6110


May

Blue Ridge Parkway

 

image of Erythronium americanum, image of Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum
Patrick D. McMillan      pdmeumbillicatum_bm1


May

Anthers usually lavender, brown, cinnamon, or purple (sometimes yellow), per Weakley's Flora

Acknowledgments to Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review

 

image of Erythronium americanum, image of Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum
Patrick D. McMillan      pdmeumbillicatum_glsy5


May
Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Acknowledgments to Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review

 

image of Erythronium americanum, image of Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum
Patrick D. McMillan      pdmeumbil_monostolondch1


Month Unknown

Acknowledgments to Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review

 

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