Top photo by Carla Wells and Bottom photo by Sevie Kenyon
Yellow Trout Lily is a native, perennial wildflower. It grows to a height of five to 10 inches and has nodding yellow flowers. Each flower is an inch wide and has six backward curving petals. The plant has mottled foliage that resembles the markings of a brook trout. The leaves are eight inches long, elliptical, pointed, and basal. Yellow Trout Lily is most commonly found in dry, deciduous woodlands, where sugar maple, American beech, and other deciduous trees are present. (EW)