Plant Details

Accepted name:: Clintonia borealis (Aiton) Raf. [Liliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
blue-bead lily	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bluebead	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yellow bluebeadlily	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 26 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Clintonia aitonii Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 120 (1832).
Clintonia angustifolia Raf. New Fl. 2: 79 (1837).
Clintonia biflora Raf. New Fl. 2: 78 (1837).
Clintonia biumbella Raf. New Fl. 2: 81 (1837).
Clintonia borealis f. albicarpa Killip ex House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 254: 223 (1924).
Clintonia borealis f. lateralis Peck Rep. (Annual) Regents Univ. State New York New York State Mus. 47: 161 (1894).
Clintonia ciliata Raf. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 102 (1819).
Clintonia falcata Raf. New Fl. 2: 79 (1837).
Clintonia fulva Raf. New Fl. 2: 82 (1837).
Clintonia glomerata Raf. New Fl. 2: 88 (1837).
Clintonia latifolia Raf. New Fl. 2: 81 (1837).
Clintonia multiflora Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 120 (1832).
Clintonia mutans Raf. Ann. Nat.: 16 (1820).
Clintonia nutans Raf. West. Minerva 1(1): 43 (1820 publ. 1821), nom. superfl.
Clintonia nutans var. dasistema Raf. West. Minerva 1(1): 43 (1820 publ. 1821).
Clintonia nutans var. fascicularis Raf. West. Minerva 1(1): 43 (1820 publ. 1821).
Clintonia nutans var. macrostema Raf. West. Minerva 1(1): 43 (1820 publ. 1821).
Clintonia nutans var. obovata Raf. West. Minerva 1(1): 43 (1820 publ. 1821).
Clintonia nutans var. prolifera Raf. West. Minerva 1(1): 43 (1820 publ. 1821).
Clintonia nutans var. uniflora Raf. West. Minerva 1(1): 43 (1820 publ. 1821), nom. nud.
Clintonia ophioglossoides Raf. New Fl. 2: 80 (1837).
Clintonia triflora Raf. New Fl. 2: 79 (1837).
Clintonia undulata Raf. New Fl. 2: 81 (1837).
Convallaria borealis (Aiton) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 5: 737 (1817).
Dracaena borealis Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 454 (1789).
Smilacina borealis (Aiton) Ker Gawl. Bot. Mag. 29: t. 1155 (1808).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Clintonia borealis	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Clintonia borealis (Aiton) Raf.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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