Erythronium americanum

Ostamerikanischer dog tooth ( Erythronium americanum )

The Ostamerikanische dog tooth ( Erythronium americanum ) is a species in the lily family ( Liliaceae ).

Features

The Ostamerikanische dog tooth (rarely to 30 presumably) achieved centimeters a perennial, herbaceous bulbous plant, the plant height 10-18. She trains foothills. The leaves are 8 to 23 inches long and elliptic- lanceolate. The flowers are borne singly. The tepals are colored 20 to 33 millimeters long and yellow, her top is speckled brown or purple.

The flowering period extends from April to May

Occurrence

The Ostamerikanische dog tooth comes in hot temperate to temperate eastern North America from Georgia and Alabama to Newfoundland and southern Ontario before. The species grows on moist to fresh fresh dry slope forests. It is often found on clay and water.

Use

The Ostamerikanische dog tooth is rarely used as an ornamental plant for rock gardens and woodland edges.

Documents

• Corner Hardt J. Hunter, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd Müller K. (ed.): Rothmaler - Excursion Flora of Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8.