General Plant Information (Edit)
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 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Plant Height: 8 - 14 inches
Plant Spread: 6 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Spring ephemeral
Other: Leaves can be cooked as a leaf vegetable.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Vegetable
Will Naturalize
Propagation: Seeds: Seeds are hydrophilic
Propagation: Other methods: Stolons and runners

Common names
  • Cream Fawn Lily
  • Pale Fawn Lily

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