Toxicoscordion venenosum(synonym of Zigadenus venenosus) |
Anticlea elegans(synonym of Zigadenus elegans) |
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meadow death camas, poison camas |
glaucous zigadenus, mountain death camas |
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Habit | Plants 20–70 cm tall. | Plants 20–80 cm. |
Bulbs | not clumped, tunicate, widely ovate, 10–30 × 8–20 mm; outer layer brown. |
1–3 cm. |
Stems | glabrous. |
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Leaves | 12–50 cm × 2–10 mm. |
10–30 × 0.3–1.5 cm. |
Inflorescences | generally racemes, occasionally panicles, 10–50-flowered, 2–20 × 2–5 cm; branches less than 33% length of entire inflorescence; at 10–60° from main axis when fruiting; bracts 5–25 mm long, white to green; pedicels 3–25 mm. |
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. |
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Flowers | bisexual, campanulate 5–10 mm in diameter; tepals ovate to obtuse, 2–6 × 1–3 mm; outer and inner tepals clawed, persistent in fruit; gland greenish yellow. |
rotate to rotate-campanulate; upright, 1.5– 2 cm long; tepals ovate, 7–12 × 4–5 mm, cream to green, tapered basally. |
Fruits | cylindrical 8–14 × 4–5 mm. |
narrowly conical, 1–2 cm. |
Seeds | 4–5 mm, strawcolored. |
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2n | =22. |
=32. |
Toxicoscordion venenosum |
Anticlea elegans |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Moist meadows to dry rocky hillsides. Flowering Apr–Jul. 0–2600m. All ecoregions except Est. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to British Columbia, east to UT. Native. |
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 314 Tamra Prior |
Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 312 Tamra Prior |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Toxicoscordion venenosum var. gramineum, Zigadenus venenosus, Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venenosum, Zigadenus venenosus var. gramineus, Zigadenus venenosus var. venenosus, Zygadenus venenosus, Zygadenus venenosus var. venenosus | Zigadenus elegans |
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