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- Wild Flowers and Plants of NC Trout Lily Erythronium americanum Blooms March to May This distinctive plant is one of our earliest spring wildflowers and sometimes occurs in large colonies. Often the flowers are hidden beneath leaves or are too pale to be noticed easily, but the mottled leaves are conspicuous are a tip-off to the plant's identity. Another common name for this plant is Dogtooth ...www.NCNATURAL.COM/wildflwr/troutlily.html
- PLATE- Plate No. 5 TITLE PAGE 1 Click thumbnail for larger image -COMMON_NAMES-Dogs-tooth, Dog-tooth Violet, Adder's Tongue, Trout Lily, Fawn Lily -GENUS-Erythronium -SPECIES-Erythronium dens canis -CLASS-Hexandria -ORDER-Monogynia -AUTHORITY-Linnaeus -MODERN_GENUS-Erythronium -MODERN_SPECIES-Erythronium dens canis -MODERN_FAMILY-Liliaceae -PLANT_TYPE-perennial -COLOR-rose to mauve ...www.nal.usda.gov/curtis/dogstoot.htm