Zigadenus nuttallii |
Zigadenus brevibracteatus |
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Nuttall's death camas |
desert death camas |
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Habit | Plants 3–7.5 dm, from bulbs; bulbs not clumped, tunicate, ovoid, 15–40 × 9–35 mm. | Plants 3–6 dm, from bulbs; bulbs not clumped, tunicate, ovoid, 18–40 × 9–35 mm. |
Leaves | proximal blades 15–45 cm × 3–15 mm. |
proximal blades 10–30 cm × 3–8 mm. |
Inflorescences | usually paniculate, 20–60-flowered, with 1–8 branches, narrow, terminal raceme pyramidal in early anthesis, 3–30 × 3–7 cm, proximal branches 1/10–1/2 length of entire inflorescence, ascending at 10°–60° angle. |
usually paniculate, 20–80-flowered, with 1–8 branches, terminal raceme 10–45 × 3–8 cm. |
Flowers | perianth hypogynous, campanulate, 10–15 mm diam.; tepals persistent in fruit, cream colored, ovate, 3–8 × 1–4 mm, outer unclawed or rarely clawed to 5 mm, apex usually obtuse; gland 1, obovate, distal margins obscure, thin; filaments straight, usually equaling tepals, occasionally longer, thickened proximally; pedicel usually ascending in fruit, occasionally perpendicular to stem, 10–35 mm, bracts green, somewhat falcate, 3–20 mm. |
perianth hypogynous, 10–20 mm diam.; tepals persistent in fruit, cream colored, elliptic, 4–7 × 2–5 mm, outer not clawed; gland 1, obovate, distal margins evident; filaments thin and curved, shorter than tepals; pedicel usually perpendicular to stem in fruit, 12–40 mm, bracts green, 2–8 mm. |
Capsules | 8–16 × 3–8 mm. |
8–16 × 5–10 mm. |
2n | = 32. |
= 22. |
Zigadenus nuttallii |
Zigadenus brevibracteatus |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Jun. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Tallgrass prairie, calcareous glades, rocky hillsides | Creosote bush scrub, Joshua tree woodlands, sandy areas of the Mojave and Colorado deserts |
Elevation | 500–1200 m (1600–3900 ft) | 600–1500 m (2000–4900 ft) |
Distribution |
AR; KS; MO; OK; TX
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CA
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 86. | FNA vol. 26. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Zigadenus | Liliaceae > Zigadenus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Amianthium nuttallii, Toxicoscordion nuttallii, Toxicoscordion texense, Z. texensis | Z. fremontii var. brevibracteatus, Toxicoscordion brevibracteatus |
Name authority | (A. Gray) S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 343. (1871) | (M. E. Jones) H. M. Hall: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 165. (1915) |
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