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meadow death camas, poison camas

glaucous zigadenus, mountain death camas

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.

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.

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.

2n

=22.

=32.

Toxicoscordion venenosum

Anticlea elegans

Distribution
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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
T. exaltatum, T. fremontii, T. micranthum, T. paniculatum, T. venenosum
A. elegans, A. occidentalis
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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