Botanic Garden >> Gardening > >> Houseplants >> Plants for Details >> Bulbs

White Fawn Lily (Erythronium oregonum): Elegant Woodland Native

Overview

Erythronium oregonum, known as white fawn lily or Oregon fawn lily, is a graceful spring ephemeral native to western North America. Its nodding white flowers with yellow centers rise above mottled leaves in moist woodlands.

Taxonomy

Family:	Liliaceae (lil-ee-AY-see-ee)
Genus:	Erythronium (er-ih-THROH-nee-um)
Species:	oregonum (or-reh-GAH-num)

Habitat

Prefers humus-rich, well-drained soil in dappled shade. Goes dormant by early summer.

Bulbs: Erythronium rostratum: Yellow Trout Lily – Spring Ephemeral with Reflexed Petals; Regal Lily (Lilium regale): Fragrant White Trumpets with Gold Throat; Crinodonna Lily (× Amarcrinum memoria-corsii): Hybrid Vigor & Beauty; Madonna Lily (Lilium candidum): Historic Symbol of Purity; Yellow Trout Lily (Erythronium rostratum): Native Spring Ephemeral; Trumpet Lily 'White Henryi' (Lilium): Pure White Trumpets; European Dog's Tooth Violet (Erythronium dens-canis); Trout Lily, California Fawn Lily (Erythronium californicum); Pink Fawn Lily, Western Trout Lily (Erythronium revolutum); Calla Lily 'White Giant' (Zantedeschia aethiopica 'White Giant')

Garden Articles

Voodoo Lily (Amorphophallus bulbifer): Bizarre Inflorescence & Bulbils

Spider Lily (Hymenocallis speciosa): Fragrant White Stars

Philippine Lily (Lilium philippinense)

Henry's Lily (Lilium henryi)

Leichtlin's Lily (Lilium leichtlinii)

Barbados Lily (Hippeastrum puniceum): Tropical Amaryllis

Foxtail Lily (Eremurus bungei)

Plants

Camas Lily (Camassia quamash): Blue Spires for Moist Meadows

Surprise Lily (Lycoris x houdyshellii): Late Summer Blooms on Naked Stems

St. Christopher Lily (Crinum jagus): Fragrant White Trumpets

Peruvian Lily (Eucrosia bicolor): Red and Green Flowers

Nepal Lily (Lilium nepalense): Greenish Flowers with Purple Throat

Karoo Lily (Ammocharis coranica)

Glacier Lily (Erythronium grandiflorum)