Flora of North America species comparison

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Zigadenus glaberrimus

sandbog death camas
Habit Plants 6–12 dm, from thick, twisted rhizomes.
Leaves

blade sometimes becoming reddish brown with age, 19–42 cm × 5–20 mm, glaucous abaxially.
Inflorescences

loosely paniculate, 30–75-flowered, with 2–6 ascending branches, pyramidal, 10–60 × 5–12 cm.
Flowers

perianth hypogynous, 20–30 mm diam.;

tepals persistent in fruit, white to cream colored, ovate to lanceolate, 9–15 × 3–5 mm, somewhat contracted at base;

glands 2, elliptic, margins thickened;

pedicel bracts ovate, 5–15 mm.
Capsules

conic, 10–15 mm.
2n

= 52.

Zigadenus glaberrimus
Phenology Flowering mid Jul–Sep.
Habitat Pine bogs, savannas, sandy pinelands
Elevation 0–100 m (0–300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; FL; GA; MS; NC; SC; VA
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Source FNA vol. 26, p. 83.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Zigadenus
Sibling taxa
Z. brevibracteatus, Z. densus, Z. elegans, Z. exaltatus, Z. fontanus, Z. fremontii, Z. micranthus, Z. mogollonensis, Z. nuttallii, Z. paniculatus, Z. vaginatus, Z. venenosus, Z. virescens
Name authority Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 214, plate 22. (1803)
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