[Death Camas: The Genus Toxicoscordion West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Meadow Deathcamas, Meadow Death Camas, Common Death Camas

Toxicoscordion venenosum

Synonym: Zigadenus venenosus var. venenosus

Meadow Deathcamas, Meadow Death Camas, Common Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum (Synonym: Zigadenus venenosus var. venenosus)

A close-up of the racemose inflorescence of meadow death camas.

Flower of Meadow Deathcamas, Meadow Death Camas, Common Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum (Synonym: Zigadenus venenosus var. venenosus) - Flower of Meadow Deathcamas, Meadow Death Camas, Common Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum (Synonym: Zigadenus venenosus var. venenosus)

These 2 photos show close-up details of the flowers of meadow death camas as seen on banks above the Illinois River to the southwest of Selma, OR..........April 5, 2009.

Meadow Deathcamas, Meadow Death Camas, Common Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum (Synonym: Zigadenus venenosus var. venenosus) - Meadow Deathcamas, Meadow Death Camas, Common Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum (Synonym: Zigadenus venenosus var. venenosus)

These 2 photos show meadow death camas as seen on banks above the Illinois River to the southwest of Selma, OR........April 5, 2009.

Close-up of a flower of Meadow Deathcamas, Meadow Death Camas, Common Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum (Synonym: Zigadenus venenosus var. venenosus) - Close-up side view of a flower of Meadow Deathcamas, Meadow Death Camas, Common Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum (Synonym: Zigadenus venenosus var. venenosus)

Meadow Deathcamas, Meadow Death Camas, Common Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum (Synonym: Zigadenus venenosus var. venenosus) - Close-up of the inflorescence of Meadow Deathcamas, Meadow Death Camas, Common Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum (Synonym: Zigadenus venenosus var. venenosus)

Meadow death camas as seen at the Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside in southwestern Oregon.............April 29, 2012.

Flower of Meadow Deathcamas, Meadow Death Camas, Common Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum (Synonym: Zigadenus venenosus var. venenosus) - Sideview of a flower of Meadow Deathcamas, Meadow Death Camas, Common Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum (Synonym: Zigadenus venenosus var. venenosus)

Flower of Meadow Deathcamas, Meadow Death Camas, Common Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum (Synonym: Zigadenus venenosus var. venenosus) - Meadow Deathcamas, Meadow Death Camas, Common Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum (Synonym: Zigadenus venenosus var. venenosus)

Meadow deathcamas blooming in grasslands around the Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Wayside to the southwest of Selma, Oregon..........April 27, 2012.

Inflorescence of Meadow Deathcamas, Meadow Death Camas, Common Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum (Synonym: Zigadenus venenosus var. venenosus) - Meadow Deathcamas, Meadow Death Camas, Common Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum (Synonym: Zigadenus venenosus var. venenosus)

A close-up (left) of the inflorescence of meadow deathcamas as seen atop Bilger Ridge several miles northeast of Myrtle Creek, OR........June 9, 2017. The photo at right shows the inflorescence as seen near the King Mountain Rock Garden ACEC in northeastern Josephine County, OR..........June 11, 2017.
Paul Slichter