# Deathcamas

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'''Deathcamas''' or '''death camas''' refer to several species of flowering plant in the tribe [Melanthieae](/source/Melanthieae). The name alludes to the great similarity of appearance between these toxic plants, which were formerly classified together in the genus ''[Zigadenus](/source/Zigadenus)'', and the edible camases (''[Camassia](/source/Camassia)''), with which they also often share habitat. Other common names for these plants include '''deadly zigadene''', '''hog potato''' and '''mystery-grass'''.

== Subspecies ==
*''[Anticlea elegans](/source/Anticlea_elegans)'' – Mountain deathcamas
*''[Anticlea mogollonensis](/source/Anticlea_mogollonensis)'' – Mogollon deathcamas
*''[Anticlea vaginata](/source/Anticlea_vaginata)'' – Sheathed deathcamas
*''[Anticlea virescens](/source/Anticlea_virescens)'' – Green deathcamas
*''[Anticlea volcanica](/source/Anticlea_volcanica)'' – Lava deathcamas
*''[Stenanthium densum](/source/Stenanthium_densum)'' – Pinebarren deathcamas 
*''[Toxicoscordion brevibracteatum](/source/Toxicoscordion_brevibracteatum)'' – Desert deathcamas
*''[Toxicoscordion exaltatum](/source/Toxicoscordion_exaltatum)'' – Giant deathcamas
*''[Toxicoscordion fontanum](/source/Toxicoscordion_fontanum)'' – Smallflower deathcamas
*''[Toxicoscordion fremontii](/source/Toxicoscordion_fremontii)'' – Fremont's deathcamas, star zigadene - (several varieties)
*''[Toxicoscordion micranthum](/source/Toxicoscordion_micranthum)'' – Smallflower deathcamas
*''[Toxicoscordion nuttallii](/source/Toxicoscordion_nuttallii)'' – Nuttall's deathcamas
*''[Toxicoscordion paniculatum](/source/Toxicoscordion_paniculatum)'' – Foothill deathcamas
*''[Toxicoscordion venenosum](/source/Toxicoscordion_venenosum)'' – Death camas, meadow deathcamas - (several varieties)
*''[Zigadenus glaberrimus](/source/Zigadenus_glaberrimus)'', Sandbog deathcamas

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