Liliaceae Zigadenus venenosus S. Wats.
Meadow Deathcamas
Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Poison
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 50
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Zigadenus venenosus S. Wats.
Scientific name: Zigadenus venenosus S. Wats.
USDA symbol: ZIVEV (
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Common names: Meadow Deathcamas
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Poison
Notes: Bulbs considered extremely poisonous.
RECRD: 12258 id: 44593