Melanthiaceae

18 edible species

Herbaceous plants including baneberry and false hellebore; mostly toxic, not edible.

Chionographis japonica

Edible: Leaves

Paris polyphylla

Herb Paris

Edible: Seeds, Caution, Leaves, Flowers

Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis

Edible: Medicine, Root

Paris verticillata

Sakkannamul

Edible: Leaves

Toxicoscordion paniculatum

Foothill deathcamas

Edible: Bulbs

Trillium erectum

Beth root, Stinking Benjamin, Purple trillium, Birthroot, Red trillium

Edible: Leaves

Trillium grandiflorum

White trilium, Wake robin, White wake robin, Grand trillium, Showy trillium, Large-flowered trillium

Edible: Leaves

Trillium kamtschaticum

Edible: Fruit

Trillium ovatum

Wakerobin, Western trillium, Pacific trillium

Edible: Leaves

Trillium petiolatum

Idaho trillium, Purple trillium, Round-leaved trillium

Edible: Roots - tea

Trillium sessile

Toadshade, Red trillium, Wake robin, Sessile trillium

Edible: Leaves

Trillium smallii

Enrei-So

Edible: Fruit

Trillium tschonoskii

Yan ling cao

Edible: Fruit

Trillium undulatum

Painted trillium

Edible: Leaves

Veratrum maackii parviflorum - (Miq.)Hara.&Mizushima.

Edible: Leaves

Veratrum maackii subsp. parviflorum

Edible: Leaves ?

Veratrum viride

Indian poke, White Hellebore

Edible: Leaves

Xerophyllum tenax

Indian basket grass, Bear grass

Edible: Root, Rhizome