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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 12 inches
Plant Spread: 6 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Other: Leaves can be cooked as a leaf vegetable.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Vegetable
Will Naturalize
Propagation: Seeds: Seeds are hydrophilic
Propagation: Other methods: Stolons and runners

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Common names
  • Tuolumne Fawn lily

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Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2021-04-02
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2019-03-28
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Australis On March 30, 2019 Obtained plant
Purchased from Tonkin's Bulbs.
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