Anticlea elegans

Mountain Deathcamas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Melanthiaceae
Genus:	Anticlea
Species:	A. elegans
Binomial name
Anticlea elegans
Synonyms
Zigadenus elegans Pursh

Mountain Deathcamas (Anticlea elegans, formerly in Zigadenus) is also known as Elegant Camas or "alkali grass". It is not a grass (though its leaves are grass-like), but belongs to the trillium family, Melanthiaceae.

It has white lily-like flowers and two-pronged, greenish-yellow glands on each petal (the shape of which can help in distinguishing it from other members of the genus). 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.

External links

• Species description at eFloras.org