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Zigadenus

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Zigadenus is a genus of flowering plants now containing only one species, Zigadenus glaberrimus, the sandbog death camas, found in the southeastern United States from Mississippi to Virginia. Around 20 species were formerly included in the genus, but have now been moved to other genera.

Species

Fremont's Death Camas

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderLiliales
  5. FamilyMelanthiaceae
Native toAlabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia
Observations15,078

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Zigadenus
taxon name
Zigadenus
taxon common name
棋盘花属
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  • Description
  • Systematics
  • Species formerly placed in ''Zigadenus''
  • Toxicity
  • References

Zigadenus is a genus of flowering plants now containing only one species, Zigadenus glaberrimus, the sandbog death camas, found in the southeastern United States from Mississippi to Virginia. Around 20 species were formerly included in the genus, but have now been moved to other genera.

== Description == Zigadenus glaberrimus generally grows to a height of . A total of 30–70 flowers are borne in panicles. Each white to cream colored flower is bell-shaped, across. The tepals of the flower remain attached to the fruit capsule when it forms. The cone shaped seed capsules are long by across.

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