Death camas
Botanical name: Toxicoscordion
Death camas
Botanical name: Toxicoscordion
Description
Death camas is a genus of flowering plants. Members of death camas may also be distinguished from other similar members of the deathcamas tribe by the presence of narrow, clawed tepals with a single, conspicuous, rounded gland. The genus is mainly distributed in the midwestern United States and western North America. 
Species of Death camas
Common star lily
Common star lily (Toxicoscordion fremontii) is an attractive wildflower but don't be fooled by its aesthetics, as all parts of this plant contain a toxic alkaloid that is bad news for both humans and livestock. Due to this attribute, It is sometimes referred to as "death camas."
Death Camas
Toxicoscordion venenosum, death Camas, also known as death camas, is a toxic flowering plant. This plant is extremely dangerous to both livestock and humans. It grows from a bulb resembling an onion, but without the onion smell.
Smallflower deathcamas
Smallflower deathcamas is a genus of flowering plants. Members of smallflower deathcamas may also be distinguished from other similar members of the deathcamas tribe by the presence of narrow, clawed tepals with a single, conspicuous, rounded gland. The genus is mainly distributed in the midwestern United States and western North America.
Small-flower death camas
Small-flower death camas is a genus of flowering plants. Members of small-flower death camas may also be distinguished from other similar members of the deathcamas tribe by the presence of narrow, clawed tepals with a single, conspicuous, rounded gland. The genus is mainly distributed in the midwestern United States and western North America.
Foothill death camas
Toxicoscordion paniculatum is a perennial wildflower growing from a brown or black bulb up to 5 centimeters long by 3 wide. The stem grows up to 70 centimeters long. The leaves are linear in shape, measuring up to 50 centimeters long. The fruit is a capsule 1 or 2 centimeters long.
Nuttall's deathcamas
Toxicoscordion nuttallii is a bulb-forming herb up to 75 cm tall. One plant can have as many as 60 cream-colored flowers.
Scientific Classification
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