This native ephemeral flower is so anxious for Spring that it pushed right through a dried leaf to get some sunshine! The Trout Lilies
Erythronium americanum that grow in the wild wild woods are known by several names. "Trout Lily" comes from its gray-green leaves mottled with brown or gray, which allegedly resemble the coloring of brook trout. "Dogtooth Violet" refers to the tooth-like shape of the white underground bulb. These wildflowers bloom in the wild wild woods in early spring. They grow in large colonies; each bulb sends up one nodding one-inch yellow flower on a single stem with a pair of leaves.
