Plant

Death camas

Anticlea elegans
Plant
Habitat
Lewis and Clark Pass
Conservation
Apparently secure
First Observed
1806-07-07

Lewis collected this attractive plant before crossing Lewis and Clark Pass. All parts are highly poisonous.

Journal References

1 journal entry mentions Death camas

Sep 24 1805
Nez Perce villages on Clearwater — John Ordway: September 24, 1805
...w Indians in America were their superiors. 1 The quamash or camas is an important article of food among the North- western Indian tribes. It is the bulbous root of a...

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