Yellow Trout-lily

Erythronium americanum

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

Profile 88%

Height: 4–6 inches
Spread: 4–6 inches
Light: Deep shade, Partial shade
Soil moisture: Usually moist

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

Erythronium americanum — whole photograph — Nicholas A. Tonelli · CC BY 2.0 · Original photograph

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

Not yet recorded · Leaves · Bloom

Bloom: NC species account not read yet.

Leaves: no source found yet.

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 3 Mississippi counties.

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 3a–8b
Soil pH: Acidic
Flower color: Yellow or purple

What its natural habitat tells you

Growing sources and scope

Flower color · “Yellow or purple” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center differs)
Hardiness · “Zones 3a–8b” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Height · “4–6 inches” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Minnesota Wildflowers differ)
Life cycle · “Perennial” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Light · “Deep shade (less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight); Partial shade (direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; Tennessee Smart Yards, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center differ)
Soil · “Moist; Occasionally wet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; Tennessee Smart Yards, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center differ)
Soil pH · “Acidic” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Spread · “4–6 inches” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox

Also known as

American Trout Lily; Dog Tooth Violet; Yellow Trout lily

Conservation status

Mississippi rank	S1S2
Global rank	G5
MS status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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Growing cautions

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