Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Partial or Dappled Shade |
Water Preferences: | Mesic |
Soil pH Preferences: | Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
Leaves: | Spring ephemeral Other: Leaves can be cooked as a leaf vegetable. |
Flowers: | Showy |
Flower Color: | Other: Large flowers open pale yellow fading to pink making a bicoloured mix |
Flower Time: | Spring |
Underground structures: | Bulb |
Uses: | Vegetable Salad greens |
Edible Parts: | Leaves Roots Flowers |
Eating Methods: | Tea Raw |
Parentage: | Erythronium tuolumnense X E. revolutum |
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