Mountain deathcamas
Anticlea elegans
''Anticlea elegans'', formerly ''Zigadenus elegans'', is also known as mountain deathcamas, elegant camas or "alkali grass". It is not a grass , but belongs to the trillium family, Melanthiaceae.
It has white lily-like flowers and two-pronged, greenish-yellow glands on each petal . It is widely distributed throughout North America and occurs in many habitats. Plants on the western side of the continent tend to be smaller in size than their eastern counterparts, but have more densely clustered flowers. The flower is extremely poisonous.
Meriwether Lewis while on the course of his expedition in 1806, collected a specimen near the Blackfoot River.
It has white lily-like flowers and two-pronged, greenish-yellow glands on each petal . It is widely distributed throughout North America and occurs in many habitats. Plants on the western side of the continent tend to be smaller in size than their eastern counterparts, but have more densely clustered flowers. The flower is extremely poisonous.
Meriwether Lewis while on the course of his expedition in 1806, collected a specimen near the Blackfoot River.
