Melanthiaceae
Death camas
Anticlea elegans
- Family
- Melanthiaceae
- Genus
- Anticlea
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 高山死亡棋盘花, 高山死亡棋盤花, 雅致棋盘花
- English
- Death camas, Mountain death-camas, Mountain deathcamas, Zygadenus elegans
- French
- Zigadène élégant
- Greek
- Zygadenus elegans
- Spanish
- Evonyxis glauca, Gomphostylis bracteata, Helonias bracteata, Leimanthium glaucum, Melanthium glaucum, Melanthium hultgreenii
- Vietnamese
- Zygadenus elegans
Synonyms
- Anticlea elegans var. elegans
- Zigadenus elegans Pursh
Photos
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Photo: Scott, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Tom Christiansen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.