Liliaceae Zigadenus elegans Pursh

Mountain Deathcamas

Thompson - Drug, Poison

Use documented by:
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 512

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Scientific name: Zigadenus elegans Pursh
USDA symbol: ZIELE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Mountain Deathcamas
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Thompson
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Poison
Notes: Bulb caused 'human poisoning' and leaves usually fatal to cattle.

RECRD: 97576 id: 44553

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