Liliaceae
Claspleaf twistedstalk
Streptopus amplexifolius
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Genus
- Streptopus
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Common names
By language (10)
- Bulgarian
- Листообхващащ стрептопус
- Catalan
- Estreptopus
- Czech
- Čípek objímavý
- English
- Claspleaf twistedstalk, Cucumber root, Clasp-leaf twisted-stalk, Clasping twisted stalk, Clasping twisted-stalk, Clasping twistedstalk, Twistedstalk, Watermelon berry
- French
- Sceau de Salomon noueux, Streptope à feuilles embrassantes
- German
- Stängelumfassender Knotenfuss, Stängelumfassender Knotenfuß, Stengelumfassender Knotenfuß
- hsb
- Wobjimowaca babinka
- Japanese
- オオバタケシマラン
- Polish
- Liczydło górskie
- Ukrainian
- Стрептоп листообгортний
Synonyms
- Convallaria amplexifolia (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Convallaria dichotoma Thibaud ex Pers.
- Streptopus amplexifolius f. indivisus Lepage
- Streptopus amplexifolius subsp. americanus (Schult. & Schult.f.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Streptopus amplexifolius subsp. papillatus (Ohwi) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Streptopus amplexifolius var. americanus Schult. & Schult.f.
- Streptopus amplexifolius var. amplexifolius
- Streptopus amplexifolius var. chalazatus Fassett
- Streptopus amplexifolius var. denticulatus Fassett
- Streptopus amplexifolius var. genuinus Fassett
- Streptopus amplexifolius var. grandiflorus Fassett
- Streptopus amplexifolius var. oreopolus Fassett
- Streptopus amplexifolius var. papillatus Ohwi
- Streptopus distortus Michx.
- Streptopus fassetii Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Tortipes amplexifolius (L.) Small
- Uvularia amplexicaulis Mill.
- Uvularia amplexifolia L.
- Uvularia distorta (Michx.) Pers.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
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Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, 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.