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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
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Other: Leaves can be cooked as a leaf vegetable.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Vegetable

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Common names
  • Trout Lily
  • Dog's Tooth Violet
  • Fawn Lily
  • California Fawnlily

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Location: Utrecht Botanical Garden
Date: 2023-03-25
Location: RHS Harlow Carr gardens, Yorkshire, England UK 
Date: 2021-05-10
Erythronium californicum
Location: Del Norte county, Ca. amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2011-03-31
wild
Location: Del Norte county, Ca. amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2011-03-31
wild
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-04-10
Location: British Columbia
Date: March 2013
White Beauty
Location: Del Norte county, Ca. amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2011-03-31
wild

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