Erythronium

Erythronium
Erythronium
Erythronium dens-canis (type species)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Genus: Erythronium
Species

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Erythronium (fawn-lily, trout-lily, dog's-tooth violet, adder's-tongue) is a genus of 20-30 species of spring-flowering perennial plants with long, tooth-like bulbs and attractive pendant flowers, native to forest and meadow in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Species

Western North America (West of the Rocky Mountains)
Eastern North America (East of the Rocky Mountains)
  • Erythronium albidum Nutt.
    Small White Fawn-lily, White Fawn-lily
  • Erythronium americanum Ker-Gawl.
    Trout-lily, Yellow Trout-lily, Adder's Tongue, Dogtooth Violet
  • Erythronium mesochoreum Knerr
    Midland Fawn-lily, White Fawn-lily
  • Erythronium propullans Gray
    Dwarf Trout-lily
  • Erythronium rostratum W. Wolf
    Yellow Trout-lily
  • Erythronium umbilicatum Parks & Hardin
    Dimpled Trout-lily
Europe
Asia
  • Erythronium caucasicum Woronow
  • Erythronium japonicum Decne.
    Katakuri
  • Erythronium sibiricum (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Krylov

Uses

The bulb is edible as a root vegetable, cooked or dried, and can be ground into flour. The leaves can also be cooked as a leaf vegetable. In Japan, Erythronium japonicum is called katakuri, and the bulb is processed to produce starch, which is used for food and other purposes.

They are also widely grown as ornamental plants, with numerous hybrids and cultivars having been selected for garden use. Popular cultivars include Erythronium 'Pagoda', E. 'Sundisc', E. 'Joanna', E. 'Kondo', E. 'Citronella', E. californicum 'White Beauty', and E. 'Rosalind'. Propagation is best by seed in autumn or by division of bulbs, depending on species. Some species propagate vegetatively. The plant is also great as a ground cover, as it will spread over several years.

Gallery

  • Erythronium albidum

  • Erythronium americanum

  • Erythronium californicum

  • Erythronium citrinum

  • Erythronium dens-canis

  • Erythronium grandiflorum

  • Erythronium helenae

  • Erythronium hendersonii

  • Erythronium japonicum

  • Erythronium montanum

  • Erythronium oregonum

  • Erythronium propullans

  • Erythronium purpurascens

  • Erythronium purpurascens
    end of blooming

  • Erythronium revolutum

  • Erythronium sibiricum

References


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