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Liliaceae
Glacier Lily
Erythronium grandiflorum
Resilience and renewal.
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Genus
- Erythronium
- Native to
- Western North America
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Type
- bulb
- Height
- 0.5-1 ft
- Sunlight
- part shade
- Soil
- moist, humus-rich, well-drained
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 4-8
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Glacier lilies often bloom at the very edge of retreating snowfields in alpine meadows.
- Grizzly bears dig up and eat the nutritious corms in spring as an early-season food source.
- The corms were an important food for Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest, often pit-roasted.
- A single bulb can take up to 8 years from seed to first flowering.
- They are one of the first flowers to bloom in subalpine environments, sometimes pushing through snow.
Color meanings
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early awakening
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hope