Erythronium Species, Dogtooth Violet, Trout Lily, White Fawn Lily, White Trout-Lily

Trout lily makes a nice small groundcover - they takes a lot of time to cover enough space. They have marbled foliages, thus giving them ...Read Morethe name trout lily. Both the native eastern US species can be difficult to tell apart until they blooms - and they have a very low rate of bloom rates - mine took five to 6 years from a small amount about 2 to 3 plants that had mulitplied into roughly 30 individuals before one finally bloomed thus enable their identify.
The rhizomes are pretty deep in the soil - when I tried to dig them up they were buried about 4 to 5 inches deep and normally produce a single leaf - when they flowers they makes two leaves.

This North American Trout Lily has solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue- or pink-tinted edges. It prefers somewhat shady ...Read Moreconditions and rich, well-drained soil. Flowers bloom in early spring. They typically grow in colonies in wooded areas. According to the "Field Guide to Medicinal Plants, Eastern and Central North America", Iroquois women ate the leaves to prevent conception and the plant has anti bacterial properties.