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Dogtooth Violet (Erythronium americanum)

  • Dogtooth Violet (Erythronium Americanum) https://www.sagebud.com/dogtooth-violet-erythronium-americanum
    Credit: Aphidoidea | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Dogtooth Violet (Erythronium Americanum) https://www.sagebud.com/dogtooth-violet-erythronium-americanum
    Credit: Aphidoidea | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Dogtooth Violet (Erythronium Americanum) https://www.sagebud.com/dogtooth-violet-erythronium-americanum
    Credit: Aphidoidea | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Dogtooth Violet (Erythronium Americanum) https://www.sagebud.com/dogtooth-violet-erythronium-americanum
    Credit: Alan S. Heilman | United States Forest Service | License: PD US Government
  • Dogtooth Violet (Erythronium Americanum) https://www.sagebud.com/dogtooth-violet-erythronium-americanum
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  • Dogtooth Violet (Erythronium Americanum) https://www.sagebud.com/dogtooth-violet-erythronium-americanum
    Credit: User:SB_Johnny | My photo | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5,2.0,1.0 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Dogtooth Violet (Erythronium Americanum) https://www.sagebud.com/dogtooth-violet-erythronium-americanum
    Credit: Kaldari | Own work | License: PD
  • Dogtooth Violet (Erythronium Americanum) https://www.sagebud.com/dogtooth-violet-erythronium-americanum
    Credit: Kaldari | Own work | License: PD
  • Dogtooth Violet (Erythronium Americanum) https://www.sagebud.com/dogtooth-violet-erythronium-americanum
    Credit: Tim Ross | Own work | License: PD
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Erythronium Americanum, or more commonly know as Dogtooth Violet, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Erythronium. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Erythronium Americanum or Dogtooth Violet's floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont and Wisconsin.

  • Category: Monocot
  • Genus: Erythronium
  • Family: Liliaceae
  • Order: Liliales
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (N) CAN (N)
  • State T/E Status: IA (T)
  • State T/E Common Name: IA (yellow trout lily)





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