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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/1-4008/12-14138. Accessed 05 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.

111486 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Craigmyle Date Collected1942-07-01

112825 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Kananaskis Country, Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Storm Creek Date Collected1973-08-11

112874 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Yukon, Kluane Lake Date Collected1987-07-07

112875 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Yukon, Kluane Lake Date Collected1987-07-08

112876 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Mountain Park Date Collected1987-06-24

113727 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Yukon, Lake Laberge Date Collected1979-07-14

114466 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Banff National Park, Southeast Lyell Glacier Date Collected1984-07-17

115451 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Willmore Wilderness Park, Adams Creek Date Collected1976-08-08

115644 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Willmore Wilderness Park, Cote Creek Date Collected1976-08-04

116492 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: United States, Montana, Toole County, West Butte Date Collected1976-06-10

116491 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: United States, Montana, Toole County, West Butte Date Collected1975-08-01

118271 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Windy Point Date Collected2007-07-10

118272 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Cline River Date Collected2007-07-11

118273 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Crescent Falls Provincial Recreation Area, Crescent Falls Date Collected2007-08-14

117475 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Jasper National Park, Miette Date Collected1971-07-24

117476 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Saskatchewan, Warman Date Collected1968-07-01

118762 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, RB Miller Biological Station Date Collected1967-07-21

119066 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve, Plateau Mountain Date Collected1967-07-20

118270 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Kootenay Plains Ecological Reserve Date Collected2007-07-11

119080 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Black Diamond Date Collected1963-05-31

119474 - Zigadenus elegans Pursh

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namemountain deathcamas Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Cataract Creek Date Collected1960-08-05