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Home , Calochortus gunnisonii, Hyacinth (plant), Narcissus (plant), Polygonatum biflorum, Triantha, Trillium viridescens

– LILY

Plant: mostly perennial herbs, rarely shrubs or vines Stem: milky, acrid juice (, , or ) : grows from , corms, or rhizomes : simple, parallel-veined, cauline or basal, alternate, opposite, whorled, often sheathing; (sometimes just scales) : mostly perfect (some imperfect), regular (zygomorphic) or irregular (actinomorphic); showy; usually bell-like (6-plan) or triangular (3- plan); superior or inferior; Lilies: 6-part; 6 ; long pistil with 3-lobed : tepals 3-part; 3 leaves : (3-chambered), berry or dry Other: Group Genera: 280+ genera; locally many

WARNING – family descriptions are only a layman’s guide and should not be used as definitive Morphology in the Lilies - 6 tepals, 6 stamens, long pistil Liliaceae (Lily Family) with 3-lobed stigma; Trilliums - 3 tepals, 3 leaves

Examples of some common genera (page 1)

Gunnison's Mariposa Lily Orange Day-Lily Carolina Spiderlily White Colic-Root [Stargrass; Unicorn-Root] gunnisonii S. Watson Aletris farinosa L. Hemerocallis fulva (L.) L Hymenocallis caroliniana var. gunnisonii (Introduced) (L.) Herbert

Atlantic Camas [Wild ] Michigan Lily Nodding Wild Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory michiganense Farw. Allium cernuum Roth. var. cernuum

[Mottle-Leaved] White Trout-Lily; Dog-Toothed Violet] Garden Asparagus Erythronium albidum Nutt. Starry Solomon’s-Plume [Spikenard] Asparagus officinalis L. (Introduced) (L.) Link Flower Morphology in the Lilies - 6 tepals, 6 stamens, long pistil Liliaceae (Lily Family) with 3-lobed stigma; Trilliums - 3 tepals, 3 leaves

Examples of some common genera (page 2)

Large-Flowered Bellwort [Big Merrybells] [Common] Star-Of-Bethlehem [Sleepydick] Sm. Indian Cucumber Root Ornithogalum umbellatum L. (Introduced) Medeola virginiana L.

Smooth Solomon’s-Seal Common Grape Hyacinth biflorum (Walter) Elliot var. Wood's Bunchflower [False Hellebore] botryoides (L.) P. Mill. biflorum (Walter) Elliot [excluded] Veratrum woodii J.W. Robbins ex Alph. Wood (Introduced)

Daffodil Drooping [White] [Nodding or White Wakerobin] Mountain Death Camas pseudonarcissus L. Trillium flexipes Raf. Zigadenus elegans Pursh ssp. Elegans (Introduced) LILIACEAE – LILY FAMILY

White Colic-Root [Stargrass]; Aletris farinosa L. Wild [Meadow] Garlic; Allium canadense L. var. canadense Meadow Garlic; Allium canadense L. var. mobilense (Regel) Ownbey Nodding Wild Onion; Allium cernuum Roth. var. cernuum Chives; Allium schoenoprasum L. var. schoenoprasum (Introduced) Wild [] Onion; Allium stellatum Nutt. ex Ker-Gawl. Wild [Field] Garlic; Allium vineale L. (Introduced) Garden Asparagus; Asparagus officinalis L. (Introduced) Gunnison's Mariposa Lily; Calochortus gunnisonii S. Watson var. gunnisonii Prairie Camas [Hyacinth]; Camassia angusta (Engelm. & A. Gray) Blank. Atlantic Camas [Wild Hyacinth]; Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory Lily-Of-The-Valley; Convallaria majalis L. (Introduced) Sotol; Dasylirion texanum Scheele White Trout-Lily [White Fawnlily; Mottle-Leaved White Trout-Lily]; Erythronium albidum Nutt. Yellow Trout-Lily [Yellow Adder’s Tongue; Dogtooth Violet]; Erythronium americanum Ker-Gawl. ssp. americanum Orange Day-Lily; Hemerocallis fulva (L.) L (Introduced) Yellow [Lemon] ; Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus L. (Introduced) Carolina Spiderlily; Hymenocallis caroliniana (L.) Herbert Yellow Stargrass [Common Goldstar]; Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Coville Michigan Lily; Lilium michiganense Farw. Wood Lily; Lilium philadelphicum L. var. andinum (Nutt.) Ker Gawl. Common Alplily; Lloydia serotina (L.) Salisb. ex Rchb. [Wild Lily-Of-The-Valley] Canada Mayflower; Maianthemum canadense Desf. False Solomon’s-Seal [Feathery Solomon’s Plume; Feathery False Lily of the Valley]; (L.) Link ssp. amplexicaule (Nutt.) LaFrankie Starry Solomon’s-Plume [Star Flowered Solomon’s Seal; Starry False Lily of the Valley]; Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link LILIACEAE – LILY FAMILY

Indian Cucumber Root; Medeola virginiana L. Common Grape Hyacinth; Muscari botryoides (L.) P. Mill. (Introduced) Poet’s-Narcissus; L. (Introduced) Daffodil; Narcissus pseudonarcissus L. (Introduced) Crow Poison [False Garlic]; Nothoscordum bivalve (L.) Britton (Introduced) Star-Of-Bethlehem [Sleepydick]; Ornithogalum umbellatum L. (Introduced) Smooth Solomon’s-Seal; Polygonatum biflorum (Walter) Elliot var. biflorum (Walter) Elliot [excluded] Smooth Solomon’s-Seal; Polygonatum biflorum (Walt.) Ell. Great [Large] Solomon’s-Sea; Polygonatum biflorum (Walt.) Ell. var. commutatum (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Morong Hairy Solomon's Seal; Polygonatum pubescens (Willd.) Pursh Clasp- Twisted-Stalk; Streptopus amplexifolius (L.) DC. Sticky ; (Michx.) Baker Drooping Trillium [Nodding Wakerobin]; Trillium flexipes Raf. Large-Flowered [Snow, White] Trillium; Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb. Bloody Butcher [ Trillium; Purple Wake Robin]; Trillium recurvatum Beck Sessile [Toad or Toadshade] Trillium; Trillium sessile L. Tapertip Wake Robin [Green Trillium]; Trillium viridescens Nutt. Large-Flowered Bellwort [Big Merrybells]; Uvularia grandiflora Sm. Wild Oats [Little Merrybells, Sessileleaf Bellwort]; L. Virginia Bunchflower; Veratrum virginicum (L.) W.T. Aiton Wood's Bunchflower [False Hellebore]; Veratrum woodii J.W. Robbins ex Alph. Wood Mountain Death Camas; Zigadenus elegans Pursh ssp. Elegans White Colic-Root [Stargrass; USDA Unicorn-Root] Aletris farinosa L. Lilaceae (Lily Family) Openings Metropark, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: tubular flower, white with ‘mealy’ granular surface, 6 pointed lobes, in a long flowering spike; leaves mostly basal, lanceolate, crowded (some on stem); summer [V Max Brown, 2004] Wild [Meadow] Garlic USDA Allium canadense L. var. canadense Liliaceae (Lily Family) Maumee River Metroparks, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: flowers to white, erect, long pedicels, from , some flowers replaced by bublets; leaves basal, long and narrow, flat or folded; several varieties; late spring to summer [V Max Brown, 2004] Meadow Garlic USDA Allium canadense L. var. mobilense (Regel) Ownbey Liliaceae (Lily Family) Quartz Mountain State Park, Greer County, Notes: flowers pink to white, erect, pedicels longer than , from umbel; leaves basal, long and narrow, flat or folded; wrapped with a mat of brown fibers; several varieties; spring to summer (ID tentative) [V Max Brown, 2011] Nodding Wild Onion USDA Allium cernuum Roth. var. cernuum Liliaceae (Lily Family) Maumee River Metroparks, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: flower of 6 tepals, white to or pink, long (longer than flower), umbel bent or nodding, no bublets; leaves linear, flat, basal or mostly; summer to early fall [V Max Brown, 2006] Chives USDA Allium schoenoprasum L. var. schoenoprasum (Introduced) Liliaceae (Lily Family) Maumee River Metroparks, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: flower of 6 tepals, pinkish purple, pedicels short, in erect umbel, no bublets; leaves tubular, basal or mostly basal; escapee; late spring to summer [V Max Brown, 2006] Wild [Autumn] Onion USDA Allium stellatum Nutt. ex Ker-Gawl. Liliaceae (Lily Family) Oak Openings Metropark, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: 6- flower, bluish to pink, spreading, a spike of flowers in a ball, no bublets; leaves basal, mostly flat or sometimes folded; common; summer to early fall [V Max Brown, 2004] Wild [Field] Garlic USDA Allium vineale L. (Introduced) Liliaceae (Lily Family) Maumee River Metroparks, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: of bulblets and/or flowers, usually pinkish (less commonly white), flowers often replaced by bulblets; leaves tubular, usually from lower half of stem; stems up to 1m, not inflated; propagating bulbels with flat side; common weed; late spring to summer [V Max Brown, 2010] Garden Asparagus USDA Asparagus officinalis L. (Introduced) Liliaceae (Lily Family) Oak Openings Metropark, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: 6-tepal flower, greenish white to greenish yellow, somewhat tubular, no bublets; leaves alternate, scale-like; fruit a red berry; much branched ; spring to fall [V Max Brown, 2004] Gunnison's Mariposa Lily USDA Calochortus gunnisonii S. Watson var. gunnisonii Liliaceae (Lily Family) Near Fraser, Grand County, Notes: 3 petals, white turning green at base, a purple band and dense glandular hairs occur near inside base of , mostly green and sharp pointed; leaves alternate, narrow lanceolate to linear, glabrous; lower elevations to montane environments; summer [V Max Brown, 2012] Prairie Camas [Hyacinth] USDA Camassia angusta (Engelm. & A. Gray) Blank. Liliaceae (Lily Family) La Petite Gemme Prairie, Polk County, Notes: 6-part flower, pale purple to white tepals, 50-100 flowers on , capsules taller than broad; 10-20 linear bracts below lowermost flowers on scape; basal leaves with raised midrib; late spring to early summer, flowering usually a month later (late May to late June) than the fewer-flowered but similar Camassia scilloides [V Max Brown, 2013] Atlantic Camas USDA USDA [Wild Hyacinth] Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory Liliaceae (Lily Family) Alley Springs, Ozark National Riverways, Shannon County, Missouri Notes: 6-part flower, pale purple, on stalks; 0- 2- or 5 (none or odd no.) linear bracts below lowermost flowers; basal leaves narrow with raised midrib; spring to early summer [V Max Brown, 2010] Lily-Of-The-Valley USDA Convallaria majalis L. (Introduced) Liliaceae (Lily Family) Oak Openings Metropark, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: 6-lobed (often recurved) flower, white, bell-like, nodding, usually on one-side of stem; 2-3 basal leaves, wide with long sheaths; often mark old homesteads; late spring to early summer [V Max Brown, 2004] Texas Sotol USDA Dasylirion texanum Scheele Liliaceae (Lily Family) Friedrich Wilderness Park, Bexar County, Texas Notes: shrub or sub-shrub; plant dioecious, flowers on a long, up to 15+ ft. spike; leaves are long and linear from base, very sharp spines along the margin; fruit a 3-winged capsule; arid areas; late spring to summer [V Max Brown, 2007] [Mottle-Leaved] White Trout-Lily [White USDA Fawnlily or Adder’s Tongue; Dog-Toothed Violet] Erythronium albidum Nutt. Liliaceae (Lily Family) Maumee River Metroparks, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: 6-tepal flower, solitary, often recurved, white or pale pinkish to bluish; leaves basal, lanceolate, often mottled, lanceolate to elliptical, flat to somewhat folded; spring [V Max Brown, 2004] Yellow Trout-Lily [Yellow USDA Adder’s Tongue; Dogtooth Violet] Erythronium americanum Ker-Gawl. ssp. americanum Liliaceae (Lily Family) Maumee River Metroparks, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: 6-tepal flower, solitary, often recurved, yellow with brown spots on the interior and with some brown tinge on the exterior of tepals; leaves basal, lanceolate, often mottled, lanceolate to elliptical, flat to somewhat folded; spring [V Max Brown, 2004] Orange Day-Lily USDA Hemerocallis fulva (L.) L (Introduced) Liliaceae (Lily Family) Maumee River Metroparks, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: 6 lobed (deep) flower with short tube, orange, on scape; leaves mostly basal, long and linear with a keel; escapee; late spring to summer [V Max Brown, 2005] Yellow [Lemon] Daylily USDA Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus L. (Introduced) Liliaceae (Lily Family) Oak Openings Metropark, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: 6-lobed flower, short tube, yellow, on long scape; leaves linear and long with a keel; escapee; summer [V Max Brown, 2007] Carolina Spiderlily USDA Hymenocallis caroliniana (L.) Herbert Liliaceae (Lily Family) Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge, White County, Notes: 6-lobed showy flower, white, stamens attached to central corona structure, in umbel of several flowers with subtending bracts; leaves basal, long, linear to slightly lanceolate, often folded; plant glabrous; late summer [V Max Brown, 2007] Yellow Stargrass [Common Goldstar] USDA Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Coville Liliaceae (Lily Family) Oak Openings Metropark, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: 6 tepal flower, yellow, back of tepal green to green-stripped and somewhat hairy, solitary to small umbels; leaf blades grass-like and sometimes mottled, often hairy; spring to summer [V Max Brown, 2006] Michigan Lily USDA Lilium michiganense Farw. Liliaceae (Lily Family) Pokagon State Park, Steuben County, Indiana Notes: 6 tepal flower, orange with reddish to purplish-brown red spots inside, fused at base but tips strongly curved back, nodding, anthers spreading widely; leaves whorled, lanceolate, slightly toothed or not; moist areas; summer [V Max Brown, 2007] Wood Lily USDA Lilium philadelphicum L. var. andinum (Nutt.) Ker Gawl. Liliaceae (Lily Family) Northern , Notes: 6-tepals, clawed, flared outward, base narrow, reddish- orange to red, dark dots inside on base of blade; leaves alternate but uppermost stem leaves whorled, mostly linear (1 cm or less wide), glabrous; summer [V Max Brown, 2002 & 2014] Common Alplily USDA Lloydia serotina (L.) Salisb. ex Rchb. Liliaceae (Lily Family) Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado Notes: 6 tepals, white with greenish veins and greenish splotched center; leaves alternate, linear (grass-like), glabrous; alpine environment; summer [V Max Brown, 2012] [Wild Lily-Of-The-Valley] Canada Mayflower USDA Maianthemum canadense Desf. Liliaceae (Lily Family) Oak Openings Metropark, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: 4 tepal small flower, white, 4 stamens, on a single spike; leaves oblong, cordate at base, usually 2-3 leaves present, also numerous leaves from rhizomes; fruit a red berry; woods; spring and summer [V Max Brown, 2006] False Solomon’s-Seal USDA [Feathery Solomon’s Plume; Feathery False Lily of the Valley] Maianthemum racemosum (L.) Link Liliaceae (Lily Family) Maumee River Metroparks, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: 6 tepal flower, white, up to 200+ flowers, in branched pyramidal cluster (panicle); leaves ellipitical to ovate with small , 3-5 main veins, wavy edges; stem arched and somewhat zigzaging; fruit red, sometimes spotted; spring [V Max Brown, 2004] Starry Solomon’s-Plume [Spikenard; USDA Star Flowered Solomon’s Seal; Starry False Lily of the Valley] Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link Liliaceae (Lily Family) Maumee River Metroparks, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: 6 tepal flower, white, 6 to < 17 flowers, spike unbranched; leaves narrow lanceolate, sessile to clasping; stem somewhat zigzaging; green to red to finally mostly black at maturity; spring [V Max Brown, 2005] Indian Cucumber Root USDA Medeola virginiana L. Liliaceae (Lily Family) Oak Openings Metroparks, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: 6 tepal flower, green to greenish-yellow, usually nodding, style lobes long and spreading, in an umbel; leaves elliptical, in 2 whorls (5-11 below and 3-5 at top); stem hairy when flowering; fruit a purple berry at maturity; woods; spring to summer [V Max Brown, 2007] Common Grape Hyacinth USDA Muscari botryoides (L.) P. Mill. (Introduced) Liliaceae (Lily Family) Oak Openings Metropark, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: 6-lobed bottle-globular flower, nodding, blue or purple (rarely white), on short pedicles; leaves linear, narrow, flat to often curved; spring [V Max Brown, 2005] Poet’s-Narcissus USDA Narcissus poeticus L. (Introduced) Liliaceae (Lily Family) Maumee River Metroparks, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: 6 tepal flower, white, with very short corona of yellow that is rimmed with red; leaves linear; spring [V Max Brown, 2004] Daffodil USDA Narcissus pseudonarcissus L. (Introduced) Liliaceae (Lily Family) Oak Openings Metropark, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: 6 tepar flower with long corona, yellow; other forms common (see below); spring [V Max Brown, 2005] Crow Poison [False Garlic] USDA Nothoscordum bivalve (L.) Britton (Introduced) Liliaceae (Lily Family) Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, Greene County, Missouri Notes: 6 tepal flower, white to greenish white, with a green stripe down back, flower group an umbel (fairly flat- topped) subtended by two bracts, flowers on scape; leaves linear; stem round and hollow; root a bulb; no garlic odor; many habitats; spring [V Max Brown, 2010] [Common] Star-Of- USDA Bethlehem [Sleepydick] Ornithogalum umbellatum L. (Introduced) Liliaceae (Lily Family) Maumee River Metroparks, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: 6 tepal flower, white with a broad green stripe down back, flower group fairly flat-topped; leaves linear; spring to early summer [V Max Brown, 2004] Smooth Solomon’s-Seal USDA Polygonatum biflorum (Walter) Elliot var. biflorum (Walter) Elliot [excluded] Liliaceae (Lily Family) Maumee River Metroparks, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: tubular flower with slight lobes, greenish to yellowish green, 1-4+ flowers in cluster; leaf ovate to lanceolate, sessile or clasping, glabrous; stem usually arching; fruit purple; spring to early summer (varieties not well established) [V Max Brown,2004] Great [Large] Solomon’s-Seal USDA Polygonatum biflorum (Walt.) Ell. var. commutatum (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Morong Liliaceae (lily Family) Maumee River Metroparks, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: tubular flower with slight lobes, greenish to yellowish green, many flowers in cluster; leaf ovate to lanceolate, sessile or clasping, glabrous; stem may arch but often fairly erect; fruit purple; tall plant, up to 6 ft or greater; spring to summer [V Max Brown, 2003] Hairy Solomon's Seal USDA Polygonatum pubescens (Willd.) Pursh Liliaceae (Lily Family) Oak Openings Metropark, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: tubular flower with short lobes, greenish to yellowish green, pendant; leaf ovate to lanceolate, tapering at both ends and widest near the middle, nearly sessile or very short petiole, fine pubescence particularly on veins beneath; fruit purple; woods; spring to early summer [V Max Brown,2008] Clasp-Leaf Twisted-Stalk USDA Streptopus amplexifolius (L.) DC. Liliaceae (Lily Family) Grand Lake area, Grand County, Colorado Notes: 6 tepal flower, white to greenish-white, petals deeply lobed and reflexed, flower hangs or pedant from a bent pedicel beneath a leaf; leaves alternate, elliptical to ovate, paler beneath, glabrous, clasping the stem; fruit a red to purple berry; summer [V Max Brown, 2012] Sticky Tofieldia USDA Triantha glutinosa (Michx.) Baker Liliaceae (Lily Family) Goose Creek , Lenawee County, Michigan Notes: 6-part flowers with 2-3 tepals at each node, white, in a raceme; leaves basal and lower cauline, long and linear like an ; stem with sticky hairs – more so upward along stem; wet places and bogs; summer [V Max Brown,2009] Drooping [White] Trillium [Nodding or USDA White Wakerobin] Trillium flexipes Raf. Liliaceae (Lily Family) Goll Woods State Nature Preserve, Fulton County, Ohio Notes: 3-petaled flower, white (dark red or maroon), spreading or often nodding below leaves on pedicel, anthers creamy yellow, ovary 6- angled and white to pink, stigmas curved out, sepals green; leaves about as wide as long (rhombic); spring [V Max Brown, 2004] Large-Flowered [Snow, White] Trillium USDA Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb. Liliaceae (Lily Family) Goll Woods State Nature Preserve, Fulton County, Ohio Notes: 3-petaled flower, large, white (turning pink with age), petals usually longer than sepals, stigmas straight; anthers yellow and curving, pedicel mostly erect; leaves large, about as wide as long, mostly sessile; spring [V Max Brown, 2006] Bloody Butcher [Purple Trillium; Purple USDA Wake Robin] Trillium recurvatum Beck Liliaceae (Lily Family) Sam A. Baker State Park, Wayne County, Missouri Notes: 3-petaled flower, dark red, erect or ascending, sepals mostly green but sometimes tinged with purple and strongly reflexed, flower sessile, petals pointed and usually arching over stamens; leaves ovate to lance ovate, sessile to a very short petiole, whorled, mottled, few to no stomates; spring [V Max Brown, 2012] Sessile [Toad or Toadshade] Trillium USDA Trillium sessile L. Liliaceae (Lily Family) Goll Woods State Nature Preserve, Fulton County, Ohio Notes: 3-petaled flower, dark red (rarely greenish), erect or ascending, sepals spreading but not turned down between leaves, flower sessile; leaves ovate, sessile, whorled, often mottled; spring [V Max Brown, 2006] Tapertip Wake Robin [Green Trillium] USDA Trillium viridescens Nutt. Liliaceae (Lily Family) Buffalo National River Park, Newton County, Arkansas Notes: 3-petaled sessile (no stalk) flower, erect or ascending and broadest in the upper half, usually 5-8 cm in length with a stalk-like base, petals more than 2X longer than stamens, sepals spreading but not turned down between leaves; leaves sessile, ovate, 3- whorled, usually not or little mottled, leaf tip usually somewhat pointed and acuminate, no or few small white stomates on leaf surface; spring [V Max Brown, 2012] Large-Flowered USDA Bellwort [Big Merrybells] Uvularia grandiflora Sm. Liliaceae (Lily Family) Goll Woods State Nature Preserve, Fulton County, Ohio Notes: 6 tepal flower, yellow, hanging or pedant and twisted, no granules on the interior; leaves oblong, fine-hairy beneath, perfoliate; spring [V Max Brown, 2006] Wild Oats [Little Merrybells; USDA Sessileleaf or Small Bellwort] Uvularia sessilifolia L. Liliaceae (Lily Family) Oak Openings Metropark, Lucas County, Ohio Notes: 6 tepal flower, pale straw to nearly white, drooping or pedant; leaves, clasping, pale beneath, mostly lanceolate to somewhat ovate; sharply 3-angled capsule with stalk; spring [V Max Brown, 2005] Virginia Bunchflower USDA Veratrum virginicum (L.) W.T. Aiton Liliaceae (Lily Family) Prairie State Park, Barton County, Missouri Notes: 6-part flower, mostly white to slightly yellowish, with yellow to greenish-brown glands at base; basal leaves mostly, linear and usually somewhat folded, cauline leaves reduced; stem with curly hairs; prairies and fens mostly; summer [V Max Brown, 2011] Wood's Bunchflower USDA [False Hellebore] Veratrum woodii J.W. Robbins ex Alph. Wood Liliaceae (Lily Family) Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area, Christian County, Missouri Notes: 6-part flower, mostly dark maroon to brownish to purplish, lacking glands; mostly basal leaves, oblanceolate and somewhat corrugated, cauline leaves reduced; stem with fine curly hairs; fruit a capsule; upland forests; summer to early fall [V Max Brown, 2011] Mountain Death Camas USDA Zigadenus elegans Pursh ssp. Elegans Liliaceae (Lily Family) Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado Notes: 6 tepal flower, usually white with a broad green stripe down back, each tepal with green (heart-shaped) gland near inside base, either a raceme or panicle; leaves basal, linear, with parallel veins; plant ill smelling; fruit an erect, 3-lobed capsule summer [V Max Brown, 2012]