Melanthiaceae
18 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