Washington Flora Checklist

A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum

Checklist » Melanthiaceae

Melanthiaceae[HC2](False-Hellebore Family)

Synonyms: (none)

Notes: Taxonomy follows APG III (http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/welcome.html).

Family information last updated 8/8/2012 by David Giblin.

Taxon (native taxa in boldface)

Common Names

# Synonyms

Anticlea elegans (Pursh) Rydb.[HC2]

glaucous death-camas

3 synonyms

Anticlea occidentalis (A. Gray) Zomlefer & Judd[HC2, OFP]

bronze bells, mission bells, western featherbells

3 synonyms

Toxicoscordion paniculatum (Nutt.) Rydb.[HC2, JPM2]

sand corn, panicled death-camas

2 synonyms

Toxicoscordion venenosum (S. Watson) Rydb.[HC2]

meadow death-camas, deadly zygadene

1 synonym

var. gramineum (Rydb.) Brasher[HC2]

common death-camas, grassy death-camas

4 synonyms

var. venenosum[HC2, JPM2]

coastal death-camas, common death-camas

5 synonyms

Trillium albidum J.D. Freeman[FNA26, HC2]

giant trillium, sessile trillium

3 synonyms

ssp. parviflorum (V.G. Soukup) K.L. Chambers & S.C. Mey.s[HC2]

small-flowered trillium

2 synonyms

Trillium crassifolium Piper

thick-leaved trillium, thick-leaved wake-robin

0 synonyms

Trillium ovatum Pursh[FNA26, HC, HC2]

western trillium, white trillium

2 synonyms

Trillium petiolatum Pursh[FNA26, HC, HC2]

purple trillium, purple wake-robin

0 synonyms

Trillium stenosepalum (R.R.Gates) A.J.Wright

western white trillium, western wake-robin

0 synonyms

Veratrum californicum Durand[FNA26, HC, HC2]

California false hellebore

0 synonyms

var. californicum[FNA26, HC, HC2]

skunk cabbage, California wild hellebore

4 synonyms

var. caudatum (A. Heller) C.L. Hitchc.[FNA26, HC, HC2]

skunk cabbage, tailed wild hellebore

1 synonym

Veratrum insolitum Jeps.[FNA26, HC, HC2]

siskiyou wild hellebore

0 synonyms

Veratrum viride Aiton[FNA26, HC, HC2]

American false hellebore, green false hellebore, Indian-poke

0 synonyms

var. eschscholzianum (Roem. & Schult.) Breitung[FNA26, HC2]

American wild hellebore

5 synonyms

Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt.[FNA26, HC, HC2]

beargrass, western turkeybeard

2 synonyms