General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Plant Height: 12-15 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Other: Leaves can be cooked as a leaf vegetable.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Suitable Locations: Alpine Gardening
Uses: Vegetable
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Glacier Lily
  • Avalanche Lily
  • Yellow Avalanche Lily
  • Yellow Fawn Lily
  • Adam and Eve
  • Chemise Lily
  • Curly Lily
  • Dogtooth Violet
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Erythronium grandiflorum
  • Synonym: Erythronium grandiflorum subsp. grandiflorum
  • Synonym: Erythronium grandiflorum subsp. pallidum
  • Synonym: Erythronium grandiflorum subsp. chrysandrum

Photo Gallery
Location: Twisp
This is another one I rescued from the ditch when I worked for th
Location: City Creek Canyon, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2017-03-26
Location: Snowy Range, Wy
Date: 2013-06-25
Location: City Creek Canyon, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2017-03-26
Location: Healy Meadows, Banff N.P., Alberta.
Date: 2005-07-01
Location: Healy Meadows, Banff N.P., Alberta.
Date: 2005-07-01
Location: Olympic National Park
photo credit: Walter Siegmund
Location: Hortus Camera Lapidea 
Date: 2023-04-25
Location: Twisp
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.   
Date: 2008-04-27
A tall "Dogtooth Violet".

Date: c. 1924
illustration by Mary E. Eaton from 'Addisonia', 1924
Location: Healy Meadows, Banff N.P., Alberta.
Date: 2005-07-01
Location: City Creek Canyon, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2017-03-26
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.   
Date: 2008-04-27
The wild Avalanche Lily, surrounded by Scillas.
Location: British Columbia
Date: March 2013
T. grandiflorum

Date: 2004-04-16
Location: Glacier lilies (Erythronium grandiflorum) on Siskiyou Wilderness Devil's Punchbowl Trail
Date: 2009-05-31
Photo courtesy of: Miguel Vieira
Location: Glacier lily (Erythronium grandiflorum) on Siskiyou Wilderness Devil's Punchbowl Trail
Date: 2009-05-31
Photo courtesy of: Miguel Vieira
Location: Olympic National Park
photo credit: Walter Siegmund
Location: Mount Rainier National Park
Photo courtesy of: J.Brew
Location: Hortus Camera Lapidea 
Date: 2023-04-25

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