Melanthiaceae
Flypoison
Amianthium muscaetoxicum
- Family
- Melanthiaceae
- Genus
- Amianthium
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Common names
By language (6)
- Dutch
- Amianthium
- English
- Flypoison
- Polish
- Bezplamka muchotrutka
- Portuguese
- Amianthium
- Russian
- Амиантиум
- Spanish
- Amianthium
Synonyms
- Amiantanthus muscaetoxicum (Walter) Kunth
- Amianthium macrotox Raf.
- Anthericum subtrigynum Jacq.
- Chrosperma laetum (Aiton) Raf.
- Chrosperma muscitoxicum (Walter) Kuntze
- Chrysosperma muscatoxicum (Walter) Kuntze
- Crosperma laeta (Aiton) Raf.
- Crosperma phalangioides (Desr.) Raf.
- Endocles laetum (Aiton) Salisb.
- Helonias erythrosperma Michx.
- Helonias laeta (Aiton) Ker Gawl.
- Leimanthium laetum (Aiton) Willd.
- Leimanthium pallidum Willd.
- Melanthium laetum Aiton
- Melanthium muscitoxicum Walter
- Melanthium myoctonum J.F.Gmel.
- Melanthium phalangioides Desr.
- Zigadenus muscaetoxicum Regel
- Zigadenus muscitoxicum (Walter) Regel
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 785 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.