Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Erythronium albidum Nutt.

Family: Liliaceae

Origin: native

Common names:

Deer's-tongue [Deer's tongue] (1894-1913, Anderson IN) (5, 75)

Dog-tooth violet [Dogtooth violet, Dog-toothed violet] (1923-1937) (85, 122, 124, 156)

Easter-lily [Easter lily] (1923) (156)

Fawn-lily (1923) (156)

Spring-lily [Spring lily] (1900?-1929?) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Trout-lily (1923) (156)

Tulip (1898, MO) (78)

White adder's-tongue [White adder's tongue] (1900?-1936) (5, 72, 93, 156, 157, 158)

White dog-tooth violet [White dog's-tooth violet] (1913-1977) (3, 5)

White fawn-lily [White fawnlily] (1942-Present) (50, 155)

White snakeleaf (1828) (7)

White trout-lily [White troutlily] (1923) (138)

Wild tulip (1923) (156)

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