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Grasses, sedges and wildflowers
Yellow avalanche lily
Erythronium grandiflorum
Yellow avalanche lily is a wildflower. Up to about 18 inches tall. In the wild it grows in open woods; meadow edges; various altitudes.
Light
Part shade
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Growing guide
- Growth habit
- Herb
- Mature size
- Up to about 18 inches tall.
- Soil moisture
- Moist
- Light
- Part Shade
- Bloom
- Red, Yellow · May, Jun, Jul
- Grows in
- Open woods; meadow edges; various altitudes
- Native range
- N. CA to CO, n. to s. B.C. & Alt.
Wildlife and uses
Bulbs are eaten by bears and cached for winter by small rodents. Green pods are eaten by large grazers.
This species is not easily maintained west of the Cascades. Plants from lowland stock are more easily established, and will often self-seed. Corms need protection from gophers. Ssp. candidum, occurring from e. WA to w. MT, has white flowers.
Good for: Restoration, Wildlife, Landscape
Sources
Hardiness zone is estimated from the USDA minimum temperature. Uses are suggested from USDA plant traits.
