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White Trout Lily

Erythronium albidum

Found in rich, moist forests, over calcareous substrates or in very nutrient-rich alluvial soils. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you

19
Modest

Native to Mississippi. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 94%

Height
6 inches
Spread
3–6 inches
Light
Part to full shade
Soil moisture
Average to moist

Space about 1 ft apart from its recorded spread, about 100 per 100 sq ft. Enter your bed size for a count

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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial
Bloom
April to May

Not yet recorded · Leaves

Recorded in 4 Mississippi counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

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Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

0CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including MS
5BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Erythronium

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
1Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Erythronium

  • Andrena erythronii
Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Liliaceae
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Flower color
White
Growing sources and scope
Also known as

White Fawn Lily

Conservation status

Mississippi rankS2
Global rankNot available
MS statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source

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Growing cautions

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