I can see ◼︎ yellow trout lily or ◼︎ ◼︎ yellow dogtooth violet Erythronium americanum

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Part of adder's tongue / lily / ◼︎ violet  genus Erythronium in family Liliaceae in lily / trillium / 🌷︎ tulip  order Liliales.

Native to 🇨🇦 Canada and 🇺🇸 USA, east of (or close to) the Mississippi River.  In some of these areas, may coexist with sister-species ◼︎ white trout lily  Erythronium albidum.

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

Wildflowers of West Michigan   (page 10)   Bloom dates in northern lower Michigan   (page 2) bloom dates (NE Illinois) (sister-species).    (🔒︎ Wild Ones members only)

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