Mountain deathcamas

(Anticlea elegans elegans)

Description

Anticlea elegans, formerly Zigadenus elegans, is also known as mountain deathcamas, elegant camas or "alkali grass". It is not a grass though its leaves are grass-like, but belongs to the trillium family, Melanthiaceae.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum:

Class: Liliopsida

Order:Liliales

Family:Melanthiaceae

Genus:Anticlea

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