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yellow trout lily

Erythronium americanum

The yellow trout lily is a bright yellow flower that blooms in spring. It has lovely, speckled leaves that look like fish scales, making it special and fun to find in the woods!

Lebensraum: Forests

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The yellow trout lily has striking, mottled green leaves that resemble a brook trout's skin, making it unique on the forest floor. Its nodding, bell-shaped flowers are bright yellow, with six petals that curve sharply backwards. These emerge on slender stalks above a pair of basal leaves.

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yellow trout lily

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Interessante Fakten

It takes up to seven years for a yellow trout lily seedling to produce its very first flower!

Its common name comes from the mottled leaves resembling a brook trout, while its corm looks like a dog's tooth!

The yellow trout lily's leaves and corms contain compounds that can cause a mild stomachache if eaten raw!

These 'spring ephemerals' emerge, bloom, and disappear within just a few weeks each year!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Spring Sprint

Yellow trout lily is a 'spring ephemeral,' growing, flowering, and setting seed rapidly before tree leaves block the sunlight.

Fähigkeit

Ant Seed Express

Its seeds have a fatty attachment that attracts ants, which then carry and disperse the seeds, helping it spread.

Fähigkeit

Colony Builder

Yellow trout lily spreads by underground rhizomes, allowing a single plant to form large, dense colonies over time.

Maße und Details

Höhe
10-30 cm
Ausbreitung
5-15 cm
Blütengröße
2-4 cm
Blütezeit
Early spring
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Leicht
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Common Eastern Bumblebee

Bombus impatiens

Drinks nectar and collects pollen from its flowers.

symbiotic with

Ant species

Aphaenogaster picea

Carries its seeds away to help them spread and germinate.

eaten by

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Browses on its tender leaves and flowers in early spring.

eaten by

Leopard Slug

Limax maximus

Chews holes in its leaves when they emerge from the ground.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Dog-tooth violet

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von yellow trout lily?

10-30 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von yellow trout lily?

5-15 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von yellow trout lily?

2-4 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von yellow trout lily?

Early spring

Was ist der/die/das essbar von yellow trout lily?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von yellow trout lily?

Leicht

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von yellow trout lily?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von yellow trout lily?

Insekten

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