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Species Details

Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium Read more about this collection »

LeavesBasal, simple, linear, 10-20 cm long, 3-15 mm wide, margins entire, veins parallel; stem leaves few, alternate, scarious, bract-like FlowersInflorescence a raceme, 5-20 cm long, 5 to 30 white flowers; flowers radially symmetric, subtended by bracts, bracts scarious purple; tepals 6, distinct, narrowly oblong-obovate, 7-12 mm long, 4-5 mm wide, yellow or cream coloured, green heart-shaped gland at base; stamens 6, turned outwards; pistils 1, styles 3, ovary superior to partly inferior Fruits and SeedsCapsules ovoid-oblong, three-lobed, 1.5-2 cm long; seeds angular, 5-6 mm long, ruminate seed cover

Scientific Name Zigadenus elegans Pursh Common Name mountain deathcamas General Description Perennial herb, bulbous, 20-80 cm tall Leaves Basal, simple, linear, 10-20 cm long, 3-15 mm wide, margins entire, veins parallel; stem leaves few, alternate, scarious, bract-like Flowers
Inflorescence a raceme, 5-20 cm long, 5 to 30 white flowers; flowers radially symmetric, subtended by bracts, bracts scarious purple; tepals 6, distinct, narrowly oblong-obovate, 7-12 mm long, 4-5 mm wide, yellow or…
Inflorescence a raceme, 5-20 cm long, 5 to 30 white flowers; flowers radially symmetric, subtended by bracts, bracts scarious purple; tepals 6, distinct, narrowly oblong-obovate, 7-12 mm long, 4-5 mm wide, yellow or cream coloured, green heart-shaped gland at base; stamens 6, turned outwards; pistils 1, styles 3, ovary superior to partly inferior
Fruits and Seeds Capsules ovoid-oblong, three-lobed, 1.5-2 cm long; seeds angular, 5-6 mm long, ruminate seed cover Phenology Flowering June to August. Notes 2n=32 Range/Distribution Alberta: Throughout southern Alberta CAN (BC, MB, NB, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT); USA (AK, AZ, CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY)
Zigadenus elegans Pursh
Zigadenus elegans Pursh

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"Species Details - Zigadenus elegans Pursh, University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/1-4008/12-14035. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.

Specimen Information

There are 214 specimens of this Species.

154 results plotted on map in 136 markers.
Note: Only records with latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted on map.

36420 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Ma-Me-O Beach Date Collected1948-07-07

97928 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Mountain Park Date Collected1986-07-15

97927 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Mountain Park Date Collected1986-07-15

96213 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Sheep River Date Collected1961-07-11

96765 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Yukon, Dawson Date Collected1987-08-08

96652 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: United States, Alaska, Yukon-Koyukuk, Nenana Date Collected1987-07-22

97396 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: United States, Alaska, Southeast Fairbanks, Willow Lake Date Collected1987-06-27

97287 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: United States, Alaska, Northwest Arctic, Dahl Creek Date Collected1987-07-12

28904 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Brazeau River Date Collected1968-07-04

28731 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Kootenay Plains Ecological Reserve, Whiterabbit Creek Date Collected1968-07-02

28693 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Kootenay Plains Date Collected1968-07-02

27796 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Entrance Date Collected1968-06-17

25290 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Jasper National Park, Celestine Lake Date Collected1968-08-11

28425 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Whitehorse Wildland Park, Cardinal Divide Date Collected1968-08-13

28515 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Fish Lake Provincial Recreation Area Date Collected1968-08-29

41146 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Northwest Territories, Tununuk Point Date Collected1971-07-07

49426 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Saskatchewan, Melville Date Collected1933-07-31

49425 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Saskatchewan, St. Gregor Date Collected1933-07-05

49558 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Northwest Territories, Mackenzie Highway Date Collected1971-07-01

53866 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Yukon, Mount Klotz Date Collected1973-07-05

29898 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Northwest Territories, Richardson Mountains Date Collected1933-08-15