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Pine Barren Deathcamas

Stenanthium leimanthoides

Also called Pinebarrens Death Camas

Pine Barren Deathcamas
Photo: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possession, Public domain
Family
Melanthiaceae (Melanthi family)
Grows as
Bulb
Safety
Toxic
Native range
New York to NW. Virginia
Climate
temperate

About

Stenanthium leimanthoides is a poisonous monocot wildflower. It is either treated as a separate species to Stenanthium densum or as a synonym of that species. A common name is pine barren deathcamas.

Within the family Melanthiaceae, it is placed in the tribe Melanthieae. Molecular phylogenetic studies in the 21st century have resulted in substantial rearrangement of the species in this tribe, many being moved to different genera. S. leimanthoides was previously placed in Zigadenus as Z. leimanthoides, and will be found under this name in older sources.

Other Stenanthium plants

Osceola's plume · Featherbells

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stenanthium leimanthoides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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