Streptopus is a Eurasian and North American genus of flowering plants in the lily family, found primarily in colder and temperate regions.

[3] It is one of the shade-loving genera of the lily family.

are perennial herbs spreading by means of underground rhizomes.

They generally produce flowers only one or two at a time, these being often small and hidden beneath the leaves and white, greenish-yellow or rose in colour.

[2] The genus name is a compound of the Greek adjective στρεπτός (streptos) "twisted" and the noun πούς (pous) "foot" in reference to the twisted or geniculate peduncle, as referenced in the English name given above.