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Toxicoscordion venenosum
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Death Camas
( Toxicoscordion venenosum )
Toxicoscordion venenosum
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About Death Camas (Toxicoscordion venenosum)
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Toxicoscordion venenosum
, with the common names death camas and meadow death camas, is a species of flowering plants in the genus Toxicoscordion, of the Melanthiaceae family. It is native to western North America. The plant is called alap ?a? in Sahaptin, and nupqasaqu? ("nup-ka-sa-qush") in Ktunaxa). The plant is widespread across much of Western Canada, the Western United States, and northern Baja California (M xico). They tend to grow in dry meadows and on dry hillsides as well as sagebrush slopes and montane forests. Toxicity. All parts of the plant are poisonous. It is dangerous for humans as well as livestock. Consumption of 2 to 6% of the body weight of the animal is likely to be fatal. Along with other alkaloids, zygacine and other toxic esters of zygadenine are the primary neurotoxic alkaloids contributing to the plant's toxicity.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Perennial herb
Landscaping Information
Moisture
Moderate - High
Nurseries
Carried by 4
Natural Setting
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 5.2" - 106.4", Summer Precipitation: 0.17" - 3.03", Coldest Month: 21.4" - 56.2", Hottest Month: 42.2" - 77.9", Humidity: 0.31" - 27.62", Elevation: 7" - 11080"
Alternative Names
Botanical Names
: Zigadenus venenosus
Common Names
: Meadow Death Camas
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Wikipedia
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
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Wikipedia
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