Trout Lily – Erythronium Americanum: Edible & Medicinal Uses of the Spotted Ephemeral Wild Plant
Trout lily (Erythronium americanum), widespread in my area of Ontario, is one of the first edible and medicinal plants to come up in the Spring. But it doesn’t stay for long! A spring ephemeral (which means it springs up and then goes away far too quickly), trout lily’s leaves have the mottled appearance of its …