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Can someone help me ID this flower? - avalanche lily

 
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Hi
Not sure where these cheerful little guys came from but I’m hoping someone can help me ID them?
7b BC Canada right next to a stream

Thanks:)
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avalanche lily identification
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avalanche lily flower close up
 
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looks like trout lily
 
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According to the plant ID tool on the Candide app, it’s a type of Erythronium, so Avalanche Lily or Trout Lily.

Really recommend the Candide app for the ID tool alone.
 
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Those do look like Yellow Avalanche Lilies (Erythronium Grandiflorum).

Do some of the plants have 2 or 3 flowers on a single stalk? That would be another characteristic of the Yellow Avalanche Lily.

Good permaculture plant. =] They're closely related to Trout Lilies, and probably sequester soil phosphorus in the same way in early spring when heavy rains can otherwise carry it away.
 
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Donner MacRae wrote:Those do look like Yellow Avalanche Lilies (Erythronium Grandiflorum).

Do some of the plants have 2 or 3 flowers on a single stalk? That would be another characteristic of the Yellow Avalanche Lily.

Good permaculture plant. =] They're closely related to Trout Lilies, and probably sequester soil phosphorus in the same way in early spring when heavy rains can otherwise carry it away.



I was looking at trout lilies and seeing they have mottled leaves, while the pictured flowers have solid green leaves. Is that a distinguishing characteristic between the two?

I'd love to see these in the wild, they are really lovely. I could imagine an idyllic damp woodland with these and some little wild iris as a dreamy complimentary color combination, maybe some golden alexander and white bloodroot mixed in.
 
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Heather Gardener wrote:According to the plant ID tool on the Candide app, it’s a type of Erythronium, so Avalanche Lily or Trout Lily.

Really recommend the Candide app for the ID tool alone.



Thank you for that app recommendation and for the ID!
 
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Mercy Pergande wrote:

Donner MacRae wrote:Those do look like Yellow Avalanche Lilies (Erythronium Grandiflorum).

Do some of the plants have 2 or 3 flowers on a single stalk? That would be another characteristic of the Yellow Avalanche Lily.

Good permaculture plant. =] They're closely related to Trout Lilies, and probably sequester soil phosphorus in the same way in early spring when heavy rains can otherwise carry it away.



I was looking at trout lilies and seeing they have mottled leaves, while the pictured flowers have solid green leaves. Is that a distinguishing characteristic between the two?

I'd love to see these in the wild, they are really lovely. I could imagine an idyllic damp woodland with these and some little wild iris as a dreamy complimentary color combination, maybe some golden alexander and white bloodroot mixed in.



I believe you are correct they are Yellow Avalanche Lilies!
 
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yeah, avalanche lily, so beautiful and good food for bees!
 
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