Amaryllidaceae
Crowpoison
Nothoscordum bivalve
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Nothoscordum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Crowpoison, Texas false garlic
Synonyms
- Allium bivalve (L.) Kuntze
- Allium canadense Michx.
- Allium flavescens Poepp. ex Kunth
- Allium geminatum Raf.
- Allium striatum Jacq.
- Allium subbiflorum Colla
- Brodiaea aurea Benth. & Hook.f.
- Brodiaea berteroi (Kunth) Fuentes
- Brodiaea subbiflora Baker
- Geboscon bivalve (L.) House
- Milla subbiflora (Colla) Baker
- Nothoscordum gramineum (Sims) P.Beauv.
- Nothoscordum striatellum (Lindl.) Kunth
- Oligosma bivalvis (L.) Salisb.
- Ornithogalum bivalve L.
- Ornithogalum gramineum Sims
- Ornithogalum pulchellum Salisb.
- Triteleia berteroi Kunth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lucash, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Pavelka, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amyls33, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.