Liliaceae

Erythronium japonicum Decne.

Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Erythronium

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Erythronium japonicum (Erythronium japonicum) — FlowerPhoto: ITÔ, Hiroki, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (9)

arz: اريثرونيوم جابونيكوم
Chinese: 猪牙花, 豬牙花, 山芋头, 母猪牙, 车前叶山慈姑, 片栗, 片栗粉
German: Japanischer Hundszahn
hsb: Japanski hrymzyčnik
Japanese: カタクリ, かたくり, カタコ, 堅香子, 片栗
Korean: 얼레지
Persian: سگ دندان ژاپنی
Portuguese: Katakuri
Russian: Кандык японский

Synonyms

Erythronium denscanis var. japonicum Baker
Erythronium japonicum f. album C.F.Fang
Erythronium japonicum f. immaculatum P.Y.Fu & Q.S.Sun
Erythronium japonicum f. immaculatum Sun, Q.S.
Erythronium japonicum f. leucanthum (Iwah.Yamam.) Okuyama
Erythronium japonicum var. leucanthum Iwah.Yamam.

Flowers

In flower: March to May (from 151 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: ITÔ, Hiroki, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Timur Kalininsky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: 岸本年郎, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kropsoq, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: ITÔ, Hiroki, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Piropiro77, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: yajapin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.