PLANTS Profile for Erythronium americanum (dogtooth violet)

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PLANTS Profile

Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl.
dogtooth violet

Symbol:

ERAM5

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Liliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl.

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Distribution:
Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NF, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl.

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 24 species in Erythronium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Erythronium americanum ssp. americanum
dogtooth violet

Erythronium americanum ssp. harperi
dogtooth violet

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus	Erythronium L. – fawnlily
Species	Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl. – dogtooth violet

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Iowa:
yellow trout lily		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 196365.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/24/2008 04:41 AM MDT