Death camas
Botanical name: Anticlea
Death camas
Botanical name: Anticlea
Description
Death camas is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melanthiaceae, tribe Melanthieae. Members of death camas may also be distinguished from other members of the former genus Zigadenus, the deathcamases, by the presence of narrow tepals with a single, conspicuous, bilobed gland. It also has a wider distribution, occurring in Asia and much of North and Central America. 
Species of Death camas
White camas
One cultivar of white camas (Anticlea elegans) by the name of white death camas is exceedingly toxic to human beings and is said to be much more potent than strychnine. Meriwether Lewis of the famous Lewis and Clark expedition collected a specimen in 1806.
Green death camas
Green death camas is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melanthiaceae, tribe Melanthieae. Members of green death camas may also be distinguished from other members of the former genus Zigadenus, the deathcamases, by the presence of narrow tepals with a single, conspicuous, bilobed gland. It also has a wider distribution, occurring in Asia and much of North and Central America.
Bronze bells
Bronze bells is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melanthiaceae, tribe Melanthieae. Members of bronze bells may also be distinguished from other members of the former genus Zigadenus, the deathcamases, by the presence of narrow tepals with a single, conspicuous, bilobed gland. It also has a wider distribution, occurring in Asia and much of North and Central America.
Scientific Classification
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