#Erythronium umbilicatum

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What's poppin' in late February: Part 4 of ~7

Erythronium umbilicatum - Trout Lily Antennaria plantaginifolia/parlinii - Pussytoes, Woman's Tobacco

Which species? I don't know, as both are plausible here and they're nearly identical. Leaning towards Parlin's bc of the look of those basal leaves, but some sources say they're one species anyway, so I'm close enough.

And once you get to looking at the ground, closely, to see all the lovely little flowers there, you also notice the things that are going to be lovely little flowers. The last photo is the basal leaves of Rattlesnake Hawkweed - Hieracium venosum. It'll bloom later.

Hawkweeds are a large group of asters that are easy to mistake for dandelions if you're not paying attention, as the flowers can look really similar. The leaves are different, though, and if you're not sure, check the stem: dandelions have a soft, hollow stem, while hawkweeds' stems are solid.

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Erythronium umbilicatum / Dimpled Trout Lily at the North Carolina Botanical Gardens at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, NC

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Catchin’ up on spring woodland flowers: bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), little sweet Betsy (Trillium cuneatum), dimpled trout lily (Erythronium umbilicatum), rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)

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Dimpled Trout Lily Erythronium umbilicatum ssp umbilicatum

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Trout Lilies are pretty cool plant’s! Above is white and american yellow! Erythronium albidum and Erythronium americanum

Both white and yellow Trout lilies open about the same time here in Ohio and Occupy a fairly similar niche( Mesic forest hillsides). With this said, the real fun begins a little later after both of these flowers open and the others appear.  The real treasures of Ohio’s trout lilies diversity are found in speckled/dimpled and star trout lilies; which seem to evade me. Hopefully I will find Erythronium rostratum and Erythronium umbilicatum this season; if you want to also search, id, and check out their fantastic ecology check into this.

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"Dimpled Trout Lily" 

Erythronium umbilicatum

Liliaceae

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What's poppin' in late February: Part 7 of 7

Dandelions, glowing in the afternoon sun! Taraxacum officinale Rue anemones, the first I've seen this year! Thalictrum thalictroides Trout lilies 5ever 💛💚💛💚💛 Erythronium umbilicatum

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Trout lilies! The trout lilies are blooming! This is not a drill!

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I sure do love trout lilies.

I have a theory that the locally-less-common species, Erythronium americanum, is more likely to grow in clumps, while E. umbilicatum almost always spreads out. They’re hard to tell apart when they’re flowering, though the fruits are distinct. I’ll have to go back to Willie’s Bluff soon and see if these have set fruit, to confirm which one they are.

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All I do is walk around in the woods and look at flowers.

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Trout lily - Erythronium umbilicatum

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A lot of them!

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