Toxicoscordion nuttallii

Toxicoscordion nuttallii
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Toxicoscordion
Species: T. nuttallii
Binomial name
Toxicoscordion nuttallii
(A.Gray) Rydb.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Amianthium nuttallii A.Gray
  • Anticlea nuttallii (A.Gray) Torr.
  • Helonias angustifolia Nutt. 1835, illegitimate homonym not Michx. 1803
  • Leimanthium nuttallii (A.Gray) Hook.
  • Melanthium nuttallii (A.Gray) D.Dietr.
  • Toxicoscordion texense Rydb.
  • Zigadenus nuttallii (A.Gray) S.Watson
  • Zigadenus texensis (Rydb.) J.F.Macbr.
  • Zygadenus nuttallii (A.Gray) S.Watson, alternate spelling
  • Zygadenus texensis (Rydb.) J.F.Macbr., alternate spelling

Toxicoscordion nuttallii (Nuttall's death camas, death camas, poison camas, poison sego) is a species of poisonous plant native to the south-central part of the United States (Arkansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Missouri, Louisiana, Mississippi, Kansas, and Texas).[3][4][5][6]

Toxicoscordion nuttallii is a bulb-forming herb up to 75 cm tall. One plant can have as many as 60 cream-colored flowers.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) entry
  2. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
  4. 1 2 Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 86 Zigadenus nuttallii (A. Gray) S. Watson, Botany (Fortieth Parallel). 343. 1871. Nuttall’s death camas
  5. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  6. ↑ United States Department of Agriculture plants profile, Zigadenus nuttallii (A. Gray) S. Watson Nuttall's deathcamas


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