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		Giant White Fawn-Lily Scientific name: Erythronium oregonum Taxonomy Family: Liliaceae Type: Bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizomes Native: YES Plant Requirements Zone: 7 to 9 Sun: Partial shade Moisture: Medium Plant Characteristics Height: 2 ft Width: 0 ft Bloom: Showy flowers Bloom Time: March to May Bloom Color: White Additional Characteristics Trees Small lot suitable Flowering tree Safe for beneath power lines Fruit Showy Edible Leaves Good Fall color Leaves fragrant Gold foliage Evergreen Bark Showy Wildlife value Attract hummingbirds Attract butterflies Attract birds Poisonous Foliage Fruit
Description Giant White Fawn Lilly is beauty both in the wooded sties as well as in the shaded home garden.   Morphology: This Northwest native bulb grows from British Columbia south through Puget Sound and Willamette Valley. It features elliptic, green leaves (1” wide) with brown mottling. They are all basal, usually paired. This plant attains a height of 18”. Showy white blooms with 6 tepals to 2” long. Flowers appear from March through May.   Adaptation: Does best in dappled or partial shade. It prefers moist well drained woods to open prairies at lower elevations.   Pests: None reported.
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