Anticlea elegans
Alkali Grass, Glaucous Death Camas
Other regional names: Mountain Death Camas +3 more
- Mountain Death Camas
- Mountain Deathcamas
- Smooth Camas
- White Camas
Also known as: Anticlea elegans var. elegans +17 more
- Anticlea elegans var. elegans
- Zigadenus elegans Pursh
- Zigadenus elegans subsp. elegans
- Zygadenus alpinus Blank.
- Zygadenus bracteatus Sweet
- Zygadenus canadensis Baker
- Zygadenus chloranthus Rich.
- Zygadenus coloradensis Rydb.
- Zygadenus commutatus Schult.f.
- Zygadenus dilatatus Greene
- Zygadenus elegans Pursh
- Zygadenus elegans subsp. glaucus (Nutt.) Hultén
- Zygadenus glaucus Nutt.
- Zygadenus gracilentus Greene
- Zygadenus longus Greene
- Zygadenus mohinorensis Greenm.
- Zygadenus speciosus Douglas ex Hook.
- Zygadenus washakie A.Nelson
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Melanthiaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a bulbous geophyte.
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Anticlea elegans (commonly known as Alkali-grass or Glaucous Death-Camas) is a bulbous plant within the Melanthiaceae family. It naturally occurs in North America. Within its native range, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions. There are naturally occurring subspecies of this species, which are linked below.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Bulb
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Eastern Canada, Mexico, North-Central U.S.A., Northeastern U.S.A., Northwestern U.S.A., South-Central U.S.A., Southeastern U.S.A., Southwestern U.S.A., Subarctic America, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Québec, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon
Subspecies, Varieties & Forms