This is the time of year to look for the Dwarf Trout Lily!

The only place in the world that this little endangered species of wildflower grows is within a few miles of the Cannon River Valley, 35 miles south of the Twin Cities.

It only blooms for a couple of weeks before it disappears back into the ground.

The Dwarf Trout Lily (Erythronium propullans)

 is a federally endangered forest wildflower. 

It grows on fewer than 600 acres of woodland habitat,

rich slopes dominated by maple and basswood

and adjoining floodplains dominated

by elm and cottonwood. 

The tiny lily blooms before the deciduous trees

develop their leaves. 

 Its flowers are about the size of a dime or less,

pale pink, with a variable number of petals. 

The lily possesses a genetic and chemical makeup

unlike that of any other plant.

   As rare as this flower is...

There is one thing

  more rare...

And that is YOU!