Liliaceae
Yellow avalanche-lily
Erythronium grandiflorum
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Genus
- Erythronium
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Common names
By language (6)
- arz
- اريثرونيوم جرانديفلوروم
- Chinese
- 白蕊猪牙花
- English
- Yellow avalanche-lily, Glacier lily, White glacierlily
- German
- Großblütiger Hundszahn
- Japanese
- キバナカタクリ
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Gulhundetann
Synonyms
- Erythronium giganteum Lindl.
- Erythronium grandiflorum f. giganteum (Lindl.) Voss
- Erythronium grandiflorum subsp. chrysandrum Applegate
- Erythronium grandiflorum subsp. grandiflorum
- Erythronium grandiflorum var. chrysandrum (Applegate) Scoggan
- Erythronium grandiflorum var. chrysandrum (Applegate) Abrams
- Erythronium grandiflorum var. giganteum (Lindl.) Hook.
- Erythronium grandiflorum var. grandiflorum
- Erythronium grandiflorum var. maculatum A.Murray bis
- Erythronium grandiflorum var. minus Hook.
- Erythronium grandiflorum var. nudiflorum C.L.Hitchc.
- Erythronium grandiflorum var. nudipetalum (Applegate) C.L.Hitchc.
- Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum H.St.John
- Erythronium grandiflorum var. parviflorum S.Watson
- Erythronium grandiflorum var. robustum Tubergen
- Erythronium leptopetalum Rydb.
- Erythronium maximum Douglas ex Baker
- Erythronium nudipetalum Applegate
- Erythronium obtusatum Goodd.
- Erythronium pallidum (H.St.John) G.N.Jones
- Erythronium parviflorum (S.Watson) Goodd.
- Erythronium speciosum Nutt. ex Baker
- Erythronium utahense Rydb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Bill Bouton from San Luis Obispo, CA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Bill Bouton from San Luis Obispo, CA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.