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Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venenosum, formerly Zigadenus venenosus. Family: Melanthiaceae. Death Camas, Meadow Death Camas, Common Death Camas, Deadly Zigadenus. Codon: TOXVEN
 
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Revision as of 14:10, 21 April 2020

Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venenosum, formerly Zigadenus venenosus. Family: Melanthiaceae. Death Camas, Meadow Death Camas, Common Death Camas, Deadly Zigadenus. Codon: TOXVEN

Toxicoscordion venenosum. Photo Ben Legler 2004

Taxonomy

Toxicoscordion venenosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Lilidae
Order: Liales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Toxicoscordion V.
Species: Toxicoscordion venenosum Rydb.
Synonyms

Zigadenus venenosus

Description

General: Glabrous perennial herb from an onion-like bulb, the simple stem 2-5 dm. tall. Leaves: Leaves mostly basal, linear, keeled, 1-3 dm. long and 3-6 mm. broad; cauline leaves strongly reduced upward. Flowers: Inflorescence a raceme (but sometimes the raceme branched at the base) up to 1.5 dm. long, the flowers all perfect; perianth white to cream-colored, bell-shaped; tepals 6, slightly unequal, the outer 4.5-5 mm. long, short-clawed, the inner about 0.5 mm. longer with a narrower, slightly longer claw; the gland at the base of each tepal yellowish-green, broader than long; stamens 6, about equal to the tepals; styles 3, distinct, 2-3 mm. long. Fruit: Capsule 8-15 mm. long.

Bloom Period

April-July

Distribution

British Columbia to Baja California, east to the Dakotas; var. venenosum more common west of the Cascades in Washington, var. graminaeum common in Eastern WA.[1]

Habitat

Coastal bluffs and prairies, grassy hillsides, and moister areas of shrub-steppe and open pine woodlands[1]

Uses

Medicinal Uses

Traditionally used as a violent emetic, sometimes mixed with blue flag; poultice of mashed roots applied to rheumatism, boils, bruises, sprains, sore legs, burns, swellings, rattlesnake bites, and broken bones to speed healing; mashed roots sometimes used as an arrow poison.[2]

References

Photo Gallery

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hitchcock, C. Leo, Cronquist, Arthur, Giblin, David, Legler, Ben, Zika, Peter F., Olmstead, Richard G., Janish, Jeanne R., Rumely, John H., Shin, Crystal, and Porcino, Natsuko. Flora of the Pacific Northwest : An Illustrated Manual. Second ed. Seattle: U of Washington ; Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, 2018. Print.
  2. Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved from http://naeb.brit.org/