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Erythronium rostratum

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Yellow fawn lily

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Erythronium
Species:
E. rostratum
Binomial name
Erythronium rostratum

Erythronium rostratum, the yellow trout lily,[2] yellow fawnlily,[3] beaked trout lily,[2] or golden-star,[4] is a plant species native to the south-central part of the United States (Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Ohio, Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Tennessee).[5][6]

Erythronium rostratum produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 20 mm long. Leaves are lanceolate, up to 20 cm long. Scape is up to 10 cm tall, bearing one yellow flower.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.
  2. ^ a b "Erythronium rostratum page". www.missouriplants.com.
  3. ^ "Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses - Yellow fawn lily". kswildflower.org.
  4. ^ "golden-star". ODNR. Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  5. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. ^ Biota of North America Project
  7. ^ Flora of North America v 26 p 162
  8. ^ Wolf, Wolfgang. 1941. Castanea 6(2): 24–26, pl. 1.
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