MEADOW GARLIC, A . Canadense, is similar, with white 

 or pink flowers and a fibrous bulb, as have those follow- 

 ing. This blooms east of the Mississippi. 



WILD ONION, A. mutabile, has flat, linear leaves and 

 white or pink flowers without bulblets. It grows South 

 and West in early summer. 



NUTTALL'S WILD ONION, A . Nuttallii, has very narrow, 

 short leaves and white or rose flowers. It grows in spring, 

 on the Western prairies. 



ERASER'S WILD ONION, A. reticulatum, is similar. It 

 blooms in summer, west of the Mississippi. 



YELLOW FALSE GARLIC, Nothoscordum bivalve, is much 

 like the Alliums, but lacks their scent, and has yellow 

 flowers. It blooms South and West in early spring and 

 summer. 



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YELLOW ADDER'S-TONGUE, DOG'S-TOOTH VIOLET, 

 Erythronium Americanum. Root. A corm. Stem. 

 Simple, 6'-i high. Leaves. Oblanceolate, smooth, 

 generally mottled with brown, 2, opposite, or i on the 

 flowerless plants. Flowers. Large, solitary, terminal, 

 pale yellow, rarely purplish or white, dotted. Perianth. 

 Of linear, slightly recurved segments. Stamens (a). 

 Pistil (6). With a three-lobed stigma. 



This dainty little lily, with its drooping flower and 

 mottled leaves, carpets acres of moist woodland, from 

 Nova Scotia to Florida and west to Arkansas, from March 

 to May. The name Dog's-Tooth Violet is particularly 

 inappropriate. 



WHITE ADDER'S-TONGUE, E. albidum, is similar, with 

 white, bluish or purplish flowers. It flourishes west of the 

 Mississippi, but is not common East. 



MIDLAND ADDER'S-TONGUE, E. mesachoreum, grows 

 with the last. It has narrower leaves, not mottled, and 

 lavender flowers. 



MINNESOTA ADDER'S-TONGUE, E. propullans, blooms 

 in May. It has smaller pink blossoms and slightly mot- 

 tled leaves. 



PURPLE FRITILLARIA, Fritillaria atropurpurea, is a 

 lily with alternate, linear leaves and bell-shaped, nodding, 



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