Scientific Name
Zigadenus elegans
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Family Name
Liliaceae
Common Name
Showy deathcamas
Description
Zigadenus elegans is a(n) perennial herb, which grows 20 cm to 70 cm in height. This species is commonly found at mid to high elevations throughout the Black Hills area; open forests, meadows, slate prairies, rocky slopes, and limestone glades of Minnelusa Foothills and Limestone Plateau. The leaves are chiefly basal, sheathing at the base, reduced upward, linear to linear-oblanceolate, mostly narrowed and somewhat folded toward the base. Zigadenus elegans has greenish-white flowers that bloom from June to July.
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