English

avalanche lily

Scientific Name

Liliaceae [Lily Family]

Erythronium grandiflorum

Arapaho

nihoonookuuno’

Translation of Arapaho

‘yellow plumes’

Avalanche Lily and the Arapaho

Drug: unspecified. Alfred Kroeber records the representation of this plant on a toilet pouch, and notes that it is "a common plant used as medicine."