New and Unread Tree-Mails
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Leaves: | Other: Leaves can be cooked as a leaf vegetable. |
| Flower Time: | Spring |
| Underground structures: | Bulb |
| Uses: | Vegetable |
| Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on May 22, 2013 10:57 PM "Erythronium (fawn lily, trout lily, dog's-tooth violet, adder's tongue) is a genus of 20–30 species of hardy spring-flowering perennial plants with long, tooth-like bulbs. Slender stems carry pendent flowers with recurved tepals in shades of cream, yellow, pink and mauve. Species are native to forests and meadows in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. [ Reply to this comment | |
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