English: Dog’s tooth violet; Fawn lily; Trout lily; Adder's tongue
Region: Eurasian and North American plants in the lily family.
Name: Erythronium from the Greek word erythros.
Botany: flowers solitary, white, pink or lilac flower spring; petals reflexed at the top, yellow tinted at the base; leaves brown spotted, ovate to lanceolate, grow in pairs; bulb white, oblong, resembles a dog's tooth; habitat damp, lightly shaded, deciduous woodland.
Use: ornamental.