Plant Details

Accepted name:: Erythronium grandiflorum Pursh [Liliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dogtooth lily	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Erythronium giganteum Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 21: t. 1786 (1835).
Erythronium grandiflorum subsp. chrysandrum Applegate Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 190 (1933).
Erythronium grandiflorum var. chrysandrum (Applegate) Scoggan Fl. Canada 1: 51 (1978).
Erythronium grandiflorum var. giganteum (Lindl.) Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 182 (1838).
Erythronium grandiflorum f. giganteum (Lindl.) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1115 (1895).
Erythronium grandiflorum var. maculatum A.Murray bis Gard. Chron., n.s., 1: 832 (1874).
Erythronium grandiflorum var. minus Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 182 (1838).
Erythronium grandiflorum var. nudiflorum C.L.Hitchc. Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N. W. 1: 787 (1969).
Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum H.St.John Res. Stud. State Coll. Wash. 2: 113 (1931).
Erythronium grandiflorum var. parviflorum S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 129 (1891).
Erythronium grandiflorum var. robustum Tubergen Nursery Cat. (van Tubergen) 1905(Flowerroots): 19 (1905).
Erythronium leptopetalum Rydb. Fl. Rocky Mts.: 165 (1917).
Erythronium maximum Douglas ex Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 298 (1874).
Erythronium nudipetalum Applegate Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 189 (1933).
Erythronium obtusatum Goodd. Bot. Gaz. 33: 67 (1902).
Erythronium pallidum (H.St.John) G.N.Jones Univ. Wash. Publ. Biol. 7: 58 (1938).
Erythronium parviflorum (S.Watson) Goodd. Bot. Gaz. 33: 67 (1902).
Erythronium speciosum Nutt. ex Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 298 (1874).
Erythronium utahense Rydb. Fl. Rocky Mts.: 165 (1917).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Erythronium grandiflorum Pursh	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Erythronium grandiflorum Pursh.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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