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Other common names:
Dog's-Tooth Violet, Yellow Adder's-Tongue
What to look for:
The long stalk emerging and then the flower opening.
Trout-lily is found in eastern Nova Scotia, mainly in Digby County and Kings County. It grows in stands of beech and maple and along the edges of streams. It tends to grow in colonies of many small, single-leaved plants. There are usually one or two sharp oval- shaped leaves growing at ground level, marked with dark, brownish spots. There is a single thin stalk, 10-20 cm in length. Flowering in early May, the Trout-lily is one of the earliest wildflowers to bloom in Nova Scotia. The yellow lily-like flowers grow at the tip of the stalk and are about 2 cm wide.
Did you know? ... The name comes from the fact that the leaves are mottled like trout.
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