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Liliaceae

White fawnlily

Erythronium albidum Nutt.

Family
Liliaceae
Genus
Erythronium

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White fawnlily: Photo of Erythronium albidum in flower. This is a native plant growing wild in Scotts Run Nature Preserve, Fairfax county Virginia, USA. This species is a membe
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)
arz
اريثرونيوم البيدوم
English
White fawnlily
German
Weißlicher Hundszahn
Norwegian Nynorsk
Kvithundetann

Synonyms

  • Erythronium albidum var. albidum
  • Erythronium albidum var. coloratum Sterns

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.