#Anticlea elegans

[thebashfulbotanist]

In the past, we’ve posted about Toxicoscordion death camas genus, particularly how the genus Zigadenus was split up and the species within it were divided into other genera. When we visited Alaska, we found yet another death camas formerly in Zigadenus that’s been moved, this one to Anticlea. This is Anticlea elegans, commonly called mountain death camas, alkali grass, elegant death camas, and camas wand lily. It’s named for the Anticlea of Greek mythology, queen of Ithaca and mother of Odysseus. 

Like Toxicoscordion,  Anticlea  death camases have a large, yellowish green gland at the base of their tepals. 

These plants were really dangerous for early European colonists (as well as their livestock), who would mistake them for edible camas and Allium species, and subsequently wind up poisoned. Anticlea poisoning is pretty unpleasant, and causes vomiting and serious respiratory issues. 

[aaronofithaca05]

This is an idea of composition made up of Ody's bow and the flowers that show up in the Odyssey : i was going to mainly use Anticlea elegans, Galanthus nivalis(moly) and Olea europea (olive). ( Anticlea, Circe and Penelope, they were the ones that helped him ) , the idea was that of a bow with sprouting plants, a big olive surronded of Anticlea and Moly closer to the viewer; but the middle was going to ended up bare and it reminded of a pond so I added Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera).

This is the scketch i came up with:D and the final drawing it's bound to change from this.

The references are from Pinterest/Google

I May use the idea before this but made it with perspective from the bottom to the top, with a huge olive tree in the middle flanked by Anticleas and Molly closer

It's getting tough and I think the first picture captures best the felling of what i try to do, what do you think?

[debunkshy]

Death Camas (Anticlea elegans)

Rettenmund Prairie, WI, 6-10-17

[richleighton]

Mountain Death Camas - Beautiful and Deadly

Mountain Death Camas – Beautiful and Deadly

Following up on yesterday’s post in the Halloween theme, today’s post of another “spooky” bit of wildlife and nature – the mountain death camas. Over the summer I found myself in the Rocky Mountains looking for native orchids at around 8000-9000 feet, just below the alpine, treeless elevation and found myself in a botanical hotspot. So many species of wildflowers were blooming in absolute…

[ifyouvegotplants-blog]

Anticlea elegans