General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 6 inches
Plant Spread: 2 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Spring ephemeral
Other: Leaves can be cooked as a leaf vegetable.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Vegetable
Will Naturalize
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: Seeds need alternating periods of warm and cold stratification to germinate
Seeds are hydrophilic
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets

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Common names
  • Prairie Troutlily
  • Midland fawnlily
  • Prairie Dog-Tooth-Violet
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Erythronium mesochoreum
  • Synonym: Erythronium albidum var. mesochoreum

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Location: Juniper Level Botanical Garden   Raleigh, North Carolina
Date: 2024-03-01
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-03-29

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