Yellow Trout Lily is a spring ephemeral wildflower that carpets rich eastern forests in late April. Its mottled brown and green leaves resemble a brook trout's markings. A colony may take 7 years or more from seed to first flower, and mature plants persist for decades. The seeds are dispersed by ants attracted to their oily appendages.
Habitat
Rich moist deciduous forest floors, often forming large colonies
Diet
Pollen collected by native bees; seeds dispersed by ants
How common
Common
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