OregonFlora: Zigadenus elegans

	Anticlea elegans (synonym of Zigadenus elegans)
	glaucous zigadenus, mountain death camas
Habit	Plants 20–80 cm.
Bulbs	1–3 cm.
Leaves	10–30 × 0.3–1.5 cm.
Inflorescences	loose racemes or panicles, 10–50-flowered, 9–25 × 3–6 cm; bracts; ovate, 5–20 mm, often edged with pink or purple.
Pedicels	erect, 1–2.3 cm.
Flowers	rotate to rotate-campanulate; upright, 1.5– 2 cm long; tepals ovate, 7–12 × 4–5 mm, cream to green, tapered basally.
Fruits	narrowly conical, 1–2 cm.
Seeds	4–5 mm, strawcolored.
2n	=32.

	Anticlea elegans
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map]
Discussion	Moist and boggy areas, grasslands, rivers, lake shores, coniferous forests. Flowering Jul–Aug. 400–2900m. BR, BW. ID, NV, WA; north to AK, southeast to TX, east to IA and Quebec. Native.
Source	Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 312 Tamra Prior
Sibling taxa	A. elegans, A. occidentalis
Synonyms	Zigadenus elegans
Web links	Local floras: BC, OR, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Anticlea elegans

(synonym of Zigadenus elegans)

glaucous zigadenus, mountain death camas

Habit

Plants 20–80 cm.

Bulbs

1–3 cm.

Leaves

10–30 × 0.3–1.5 cm.

Inflorescences

loose racemes or panicles, 10–50-flowered, 9–25 × 3–6 cm; bracts; ovate, 5–20 mm, often edged with pink or purple.

Pedicels

erect, 1–2.3 cm.

Flowers

rotate to rotate-campanulate; upright, 1.5– 2 cm long;

tepals ovate, 7–12 × 4–5 mm, cream to green, tapered basally.

Fruits

narrowly conical, 1–2 cm.

Seeds

4–5 mm, strawcolored.

=32.

Anticlea elegans

Distribution

[WildflowerSearch map]

Discussion

Moist and boggy areas, grasslands, rivers, lake shores, coniferous forests. Flowering Jul–Aug. 400–2900m. BR, BW. ID, NV, WA; north to AK, southeast to TX, east to IA and Quebec. Native.

Source

Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 312
Tamra Prior

Sibling taxa

A. elegans, A. occidentalis

Synonyms

Zigadenus elegans

Web links