death camas

1. Any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers;
   All are poisonous (synset 112487232)
   is a type of: liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
   subtypes:

   • alkali grass, zigadenus elegans - plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish-white flowers
   • white camas, zigadenus glaucus - plant of eastern and central North America having creamy white flowers tinged with brown or purple; poisonous especially to grazing animals
   • poison camas, zigadenus nuttalli - a common perennial death camas; Tennessee to Kansas to Texas
   • grassy death camas, zigadenus venenosus, zigadenus venenosus gramineus - plant of western North America to Mexico; poisonous especially to grazing animals
   belongs to: genus zigadenus, zigadenus - genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
   same as: zigadene

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