Alcove deathcamas

(Anticlea elegans vaginata)

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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: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Liliales
Family:Melanthiaceae
Genus:Anticlea
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