Plant Details

Accepted name:: Anticlea elegans (Pursh) Rydb. [Melanthiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Anticlea elegans subsp. elegans

Anticlea elegans subsp. glauca (Nutt.) A.Haines

Anticlea elegans subsp. vaginata (Rydb.) Palmquist & T.J.Ayers

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
mountain deathcamas	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Zigadenus elegans Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 241 (1813).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Anticlea elegans (Pursh) Rydb.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Zigadenus elegans Pursh	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Zygadenus elegans Pursh.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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