Yellow Trout Lily
Erythronium americanum
Also known as: Dogtooth Violet
Mottled foliage like trout markings; ephemeral spring colony. The small bulbs and young leaves are edible raw or cooked with a nutty flavor, though colonies are slow to form — harvest only where truly abundant.
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.25–0.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.25–0.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, container, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV
Related native plants
More Erythronium species
- White Trout Lily (Erythronium albidum)
- Glacier Lily (Erythronium grandiflorum)
- Oregon Fawn Lily (Erythronium oregonum)
- Pink Fawn Lily (Erythronium revolutum)