Liliaceae
Dog's-tooth-violet
Erythronium dens-canis
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Genus
- Erythronium
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Common names
By language (25)
- Arabic
- بنفسج نابي
- arz
- اوكار الاريثرونيوم الكلبيه
- Asturian
- Diente de perru
- Bulgarian
- Кучешки зъб
- Chinese
- 猪牙花, 豬牙花, 狗牙堇
- Croatian
- Crveni pasji zub
- Czech
- Kandík psí zub
- English
- Dog's-tooth-violet
- Estonian
- Harilik koerahammas
- Finnish
- Rusokoiranhammas, Koiranhammas
- French
- Dent de chien, Érythronium Dent-de-chien
- German
- Hunds-Zahnlilie, Gemeiner Hundszahn, Hundszahnlilie
- hsb
- Psyči hrymzyčnik
- Hungarian
- Kakasmandikó
- Italian
- Dente di cane
- Japanese
- エリトロニウム・デンスカニス
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Hundetann
- Polish
- Psiząb liliowy
- Russian
- Кандык европейский, Кандык собачий зуб
- Slovak
- Kandík psí
- Slovenian
- Navadni pasji zob, Erythrinus dens-canis
- Spanish
- Diente agudo, Diente de perro violeta, Mantecon, Mantecón, Violeta diente de perro, Violeta-diente de perro
- Swedish
- Hundtandslilja
- Ukrainian
- Еритроній собачий зуб
- Welsh
- Lili'r brithyll
Synonyms
- Erythronium bifidum Sweet
- Erythronium bulbosum St.-Lag.
- Erythronium caninum Dulac
- Erythronium dens-canis subsp. albiflorum Kricsf.
- Erythronium dens-canis subsp. niveum (Baumg.) Buia & Pantu
- Erythronium dens-canis var. niveum Baumg.
- Erythronium dens-canis var. ovatifolium Poir. ex Rouy
- Erythronium dens-canis var. purpureum Baumg.
- Erythronium dens-canis var. roseum Baumg.
- Erythronium dens-canis var. tetragonum Schur
- Erythronium denscanis var. prodanii Buia & Pantu
- Erythronium latifolium Schur
- Erythronium longifolium Mill.
- Erythronium maculatum DC.
- Erythronium maculosum Lam.
- Erythronium niveum (Baumg.) Pînzaru
- Erythronium niveum var. pedemontanum Pînzaru
- Erythronium obtusiflorum Opiz
- Erythronium ovatifolium Poir.
- Erythronium vernale Salisb.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to April (from 985 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: ivan_humljani, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Radu Teodoreanu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ljaž, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: xulescu_g, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Liviu Chiriac, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Euparkeria, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ROMAGNOLO Filippo, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sdjurovic, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sdjurovic, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sdjurovic, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.