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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 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 6 - 10 inches
Plant Spread: 8 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Other: Leaves can be cooked as a leaf vegetable.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Lavender
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
  • Henderson's Fawn Lily

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Location:  Tallinn Botanic Garden, Estonia 
Date: 2023-05-20
Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house, Yorkshire
Date: 2019-04-12
Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house, Yorkshire
Date: 2019-04-12
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Australis On March 27, 2018 Potted up
Australis On March 26, 2018 Obtained plant
Purchased from Hill View Rare Plants.
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