Flower ID: IMG_0306.JPG-05-07-2017 Flower name (scientific): Erythronium albidum Nuttall PY: 1818. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) er-ih-THROH-nee-um AL-bih-dum Flower name (common): White Trout Lily Family name (common): Lily Family name (scientific): Liliaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From the Greek erythros, for red, the flower color for some species. Specific epithet: From the Latin for white. Common name origin: From the flower color, the distinctive brown mottling that is commonly found on the leaves, which supposedly resembles the patterns on certain trout, and its general appearance to a lily. Flower description: Size: 1.3 to 1.6 inches (3.3 to 4.1 cm) Petal count: 6 Color: White Other: flower arrangement, Solitary Plant description: Erect Size: 4 to 8 inches (10 to 20 cm) Stem hairy: glabrous Other: Leaf description: attachment is basal, type is simple Size: Leaves up to about 20 cm long and about 5 cm wide. Color: mottled with brown foliage Hairy: glabrous Other: Shape: leaf, elliptic-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate or elliptic (FNA) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Commom Bloom time (typical): April to May Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Woodlands, forests, shade or part shade, moist. Fruit: capsule about 1 to 2.5 cm in length. Seed: Importance to wildlife: Click for pollinator information on this flower. Similar species (if any): Erythronium americanum (Yellow Trout Lily) is similar, but is distinguished by its yellow flowers. Erythronium mesochoreum (Prairie Trout-lily) is also similar, but this species has not been reported in Wisconsin, Minnesota, or Michigan, but is present in the neighboring states of Illinois and Iowa and further south. The leaves of E. mesochoreum commonly do not have the brown mottling that is a common characteristic for E. albidum. Erythronium propullans (Minnesota Dwarf Trout-lily) has some similarity, but this is a very rare species found only in a few counties in the south eastern corner of Minnesota, and nowhere else in the US. Ethnobotany: Latitude: 44.798347 Longitude: -91.515172 Altitude: 227.50 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Ashland, Bayfield, Brown, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Fond du Lac, Forest, Grant, Green, Iowa, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Kenosha, Kewaunee, La Crosse, Lafayette, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Milwaukee, Oconto, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Racine, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Sheboygan, Taylor, Vernon, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AL, AR, DC, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (ON) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): na Heterotypic Synonym(s): POWO lists 1 heterotypic synonym for this species. Autonym: na Wetland Status (NC): FACU Wetland Status (MW): FACU