Harbinger-of-Spring, Pepper-and-Salt (Erigenia bulbosa)

Synonym:

Status: endangered in Wisconsin

Habitat Description: rich mesic woods

Habitat Classification
WI NHI: Southern Mesic Forest
Curtis: Southern Mesic Forest
Kotar: NA
Forest Cover: Sugar Maple/Basswood

Range: Fond du Lac, Kenosha, Milwaukee, and Waukesha

Comments: probably extirpated

Phenology: flowers in late April and early May

Field Guides:
Britton and Brown, p.2:613/p.2:613
Gleason 1963, p.505
Gleason 1991, p.385
Newcomb, p.224/p.225
Peterson, p.52/p.53
Zimmerman, p.58/p.58