Part of adder's tongue/lily/violet  genus Erythronium in family Liliaceae.

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

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

 

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