Liliaceae
Indian cucumber
Medeola virginiana
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Genus
- Medeola
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Common names
By language (4)
- Armenian
- Մեդեոլա
- English
- Indian cucumber, Indian cucumber root
- French
- Médéole de Virginie, Medeole de Virginie
- German
- Indianer-Schlangenwurzel
Synonyms
- Gyromia acuminata Raf.
- Gyromia cuneata Raf.
- Gyromia virginica (Christm.) Nutt.
- Gyromia virginica var. picta Nutt.
- Medeola verticillifolia Stokes
- Medeola virginica Christm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Charles de Mille-Isles from Mille-Isles, Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.