Erythronium rostratum

Yellow fawn lily
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Subfamily:	Lilioideae
Tribe:	Lilieae
Genus:	Erythronium
Species:	E. rostratum
Binomial name
Erythronium rostratum W.Wolf

Erythronium rostratum, the yellow trout lily, ^[2] yellow fawnlily, ^[3] beaked trout lily, ^[2] or golden-star, ^[4] is a plant species native to the south-central part of the United States (Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Ohio, Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Tennessee). ^{[5] [6]}

Erythronium rostratum produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 20 mm long. Leaves are lanceolate, up to 20 cm long. Scape is up to 10 cm tall, bearing one yellow flower. ^{[7] [8]}

References

1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.
2. "Erythronium rostratum page". www.missouriplants.com.
3. "Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses - Yellow fawn lily". kswildflower.org.
4. "golden-star". ODNR. Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
5. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
6. Biota of North America Project
7. Flora of North America v 26 p 162
8. Wolf, Wolfgang. 1941. Castanea 6(2): 24–26, pl. 1.

External links

• Media related to Erythronium rostratum at Wikimedia Commons
• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, Erythronium rostratum, collected in Missouri