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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


Fruit

Leaves


Bark
Wildlife value

Poisonous
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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