White Trout-Lily (Erythronium albidum)

Family: Liliaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Erythronium albidum is a BULB growing to 0.1 m (0ft 4in). See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 4 and is not frost tender. It is in flower from March to April, and the seeds ripen from May to June. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects. Suitable for: light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils and prefers well-drained soil.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves, Shoots, Roots/Tubers, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

delicious flavour. — Bulb - raw or cooked.; A delicious flavour.; Rather small, it is about 25mm long.; Young leaves - raw or cooked.

Habitat & North American Range

Moist woods, thickets and meadows. Mesic bottomlands, upland forests, woodlands, clay and silt bottomlands, floodplain forests from sea level to 300 metres. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)