Erythronium dens-canisL.

Dog's-tooth-violet

WFO wfo-0000766912 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Erythronium dens-canis, photographed by Andrea Mologni
fig. a Andrea Mologni, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-04-22 / obs. 190711317
Erythronium dens-canis, photographed by J V
fig. b J V, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187785231
Erythronium dens-canis, photographed by Olivier Argagnon
fig. c Olivier Argagnon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190430756
Erythronium dens-canis, photographed by Daniel Linzbauer
fig. d Daniel Linzbauer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186531535
Erythronium dens-canis, photographed by Isabella Paleari
fig. e Isabella Paleari, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185489115
Erythronium dens-canis, photographed by Tomas Pocius
fig. f Tomas Pocius, CC0 1.0 / obs. 183756911
Erythronium dens-canis, photographed by Andrea Mologni
fig. g Andrea Mologni, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 184399430
Erythronium dens-canis, photographed by Andrea Mologni
fig. h Andrea Mologni, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 182626521

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Native range 15 botanical countries

Regions where Erythronium dens-canis is native: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlbaniaAustriaBulgariaCzechia-SlovakiaFranceGreeceHungaryItalyNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalRomaniaSpainSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Erythronium dens-canis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Bulgaria BUL
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
France FRA
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 20 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Erythronium bifidum Sweet
  • Erythronium bulbosum St.-Lag.
  • Erythronium caninum Dulac
  • Erythronium dens-canis subsp. albiflorum Kricsf.
  • Erythronium dens-canis subsp. niveum (Baumg.) Buia & Pantu
  • Erythronium dens-canis var. niveum Baumg.
  • Erythronium dens-canis var. ovatifolium Poir. ex Rouy
  • Erythronium dens-canis var. purpureum Baumg.
  • Erythronium dens-canis var. roseum Baumg.
  • Erythronium dens-canis var. tetragonum Schur
  • Erythronium denscanis var. prodanii Buia & Pantu
  • Erythronium latifolium Schur
  • Erythronium longifolium Mill.
  • Erythronium maculatum DC.
  • Erythronium maculosum Lam.
  • Erythronium niveum (Baumg.) Pînzaru
  • Erythronium niveum var. pedemontanum Pînzaru
  • Erythronium obtusiflorum Opiz
  • Erythronium ovatifolium Poir.
  • Erythronium vernale Salisb.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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