Trout Lily (Adder’s Tongue, Dogtooth Violet): Emmons’ Preserve, Kennebunkport, Maine, USA, May 2026 — Trout Lily has so many names partially because each name comes from a different part of the plant. Trout comes from the pattern on the two leaves of the mature plant, which resembles the pattern on a brook trout. Adder’s Tongue comes from the shape of the immature plant’s leaves (and remember the plants take 4-7 years to mature and there are generally 99 immature plants for every one mature). Dogtooth comes from the white “tooth” on the bulb of the plant if you dig it up. However, it is definitely a lily, not a violet. (I looked it up 🙂 Sony a6700. Sigma 16-300 Contemporary at 135mm equivalent. Aperture program with macro modifications. f16 Processed in Photomator.