View source for Zigadenus nuttallii

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|accepted_name=Zigadenus nuttallii
|accepted_authority=(A. Gray) S. Watson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Botany (Fortieth Parallel),
|place=343. 1871
|year=1871
}}
|common_names=Nuttall’s death camas
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Amianthium nuttallii
|authority=A. Gray
|publication_title=Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York
|publication_place=4: 123. 1837
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Toxicoscordion nuttallii
|authority=(A. Gray) Rydberg
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Toxicoscordion texense
|authority=Rydberg
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Zigadenus texensis
|authority=(Rydberg) J. F. Macbride
}}
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Zigadenus;Zigadenus nuttallii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Zigadenus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Zigadenus nuttallii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 83
|treatment_page=page 86
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>3–7.5 dm, from bulbs; bulbs not clumped, tunicate, ovoid, 15–40 × 9–35 mm. <b>Leaves</b>: proximal blades 15–45 cm × 3–15 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> usually paniculate, 20–60-flowered, with 1–8 branches, narrow, terminal raceme pyramidal in early anthesis, 3–30 × 3–7 cm, proximal branches 1/10–1/2 length of entire inflorescence, ascending at 10°–60° angle. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth hypogynous, campanulate, 10–15 mm diam.; tepals persistent in fruit, cream colored, ovate, 3–8 × 1–4 mm, outer unclawed or rarely clawed to 5 mm, apex usually obtuse; gland 1, obovate, distal margins obscure, thin; filaments straight, usually equaling tepals, occasionally longer, thickened proximally; pedicel usually ascending in fruit, occasionally perpendicular to stem, 10–35 mm, bracts green, somewhat falcate, 3–20 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 8–16 × 3–8 mm. <b>2n</b> = 32.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Tallgrass prairie, calcareous glades, rocky hillsides
|elevation=500–1200 m
|distribution=Ark.;Kans.;Mo.;Okla.;Tex.
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name=Zigadenus nuttallii
|author=
|authority=(A. Gray) S. Watson
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Toxicoscordion nuttallii;Toxicoscordion texense;Zigadenus texensis
|basionyms=Amianthium nuttallii
|family=Liliaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Tallgrass prairie, calcareous glades, rocky hillsides
|elevation=500–1200 m
|distribution=Ark.;Kans.;Mo.;Okla.;Tex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Botany (Fortieth Parallel),
|publication year=1871
|special status=
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|genus=Zigadenus
|species=Zigadenus nuttallii
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