Erythronium
| Erythronium | |
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| Erythronium dens-canis | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lilioideae |
| Tribe: | Lilieae |
| Genus: |
Erythronium L. |
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Erythronium dens-canis L. |
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Erythronium (fawn lily, trout lily, dog's-tooth violet, adder's tongue) is a genus of Eurasian and North American plants in the lily family. The name Erythronium derives from the word erythros, which means red in Greek and refers to the red flowers of E. dens-canis.
Erythronium includes about 20–30 species of hardy spring-flowering perennial plants with long, tooth-like bulbs. Slender stems carry pendent flowers with recurved tepals in shades of cream, yellow, pink and mauve. Species are native to forests and meadows in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Erythronium albidum
Erythronium americanum
Erythronium californicum
Erythronium citrinum
Erythronium dens-canis
Erythronium grandiflorum
Erythronium helenae
Erythronium hendersonii
Erythronium japonicum
Erythronium montanum
Erythronium oregonum
Erythronium propullans
Erythronium purpurascens
Erythronium purpurascens, end of blooming
Erythronium revolutum
Erythronium sibiricum
Two species names were coined using the name Erythronium but have since been reclassified to other taxa.
The bulb is edible as a root vegetable, cooked or dried, and can be ground into flour. The leaves can also be cooked as a leaf vegetable. In Japan, Erythronium japonicum is called katakuri, and the bulb is processed to produce starch, which is used for food and other purposes.
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