Meadow Deathcamas
Toxicoscordion venenosum
Trillium/Death-Camas family (Melanthiaceae)
Beautiful and deadly, this plant is more potent than strychnine. One , raw or cooked, can be fatal. Petals and of the DeathCamas (Toxicoscordion venenosum) are less than 1/4 inch long and in a fairly crowded, tight . The petals and of the very similar looking Mountain DeathCamas Anticlea elegans are more than 1/4 inch long and they are in an open, airy . DeathCamas is found at lower elevations than Mountain DeathCamas. Toxicoscordion means "toxic garlic." "Venenosum" is Latin for "venom" or "poison."

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