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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Zigadenus elegans
|accepted_authority=Pursh
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|place=1: 241. 1814
|year=1814
}}
|common_names=Mountain death camas; zigadène élégant
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anticlea alpina
|authority=A. Heller
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anticlea chlorantha
|authority=(Richardson) Rydberg
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anticlea coloradensis
|authority=(Rydberg) Rydberg
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anticlea elegans
|authority=(Pursh) Rydberg
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anticlea glauca
|authority=(Nuttall) Kunth
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anticlea gracilenta
|authority=(Greene) R. R. Gates
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anticlea longa
|authority=(Greene) A. Heller
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anticlea mohinorensis
|authority=(Greenman) R. R. Gates
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Melanthium glaucum
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Zigadenus alpinus
|authority=Blankinship
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Zigadenus chloranthus
|authority=Richardson
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Zigadenus coloradensis
|authority=Rydberg
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Zigadenus dilatatus
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Zigadenus elegans subsp. glaucus
|authority=(Nuttall) Hultén
|rank=subspecies
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Zigadenus elegans var. glaucus
|authority=(Nuttall) Preece ex Cronquist
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Zigadenus glaucus
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Zigadenus gracilentus
|authority=Greenman
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Zigadenus longus
|authority=A. Nelson
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Zigadenus mohinorensis
|authority=
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Zigadenus washakie
|authority=
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Zigadenus;Zigadenus elegans
|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 elegans]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 87
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>2–8 dm, from bulbs; bulbs not clumped, tunicate, narrowly ovoid, 1.5–3 × 1–2 cm. <b>Stems</b> without persistent leaf bases. <b>Leaves</b>: proximal blades 10–30 cm × 3–15 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> loosely racemose to paniculate, 10–50-flowered, with 1–4 branches, 0.9–2.5 dm × 3–6 cm. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth perigynous, rotate to rotate-campanulate, 15–20 mm diam.; tepals persistent in fruit, cream colored to greenish, ovate, 7–12 × 4–5 mm, somewhat narrowed at base; gland 1, obcordate; pedicel erect at anthesis, 1–2.3 cm, bracts often tinged with purple or pink, ovate, 5–20 mm. <b>Capsules</b> narrowly conic, 10–20 mm. <b>2n</b> = 32.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Moist grasslands, river and lake shores, bogs in coniferous forests
|elevation=0–3600 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.W.T.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Colo.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Mexico.
|discussion=<p><i>Zigadenus elegans</i> has been treated previously as comprising two varieties, or two subspecies (W. B. Zomlefer 1997b). The western var. or <i></i>subsp.<i> elegans</i> tends to be a smaller plant with a raceme or a 1–2-branched panicle and glabrous, sometimes glaucous leaves and stems; while the eastern var. or <i></i>subsp.<i> glaucus</i> tends to be a larger plant with a paniculate inflorescence and glaucous leaves and stems. Because there is considerable evidence of intergradation between the two entities toward the middle of the range, including overlapping flowering times, they have not been formally distinguished here.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Zigadenus elegans
|authority=Pursh
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Anticlea alpina;Anticlea chlorantha;Anticlea coloradensis;Anticlea elegans;Anticlea glauca;Anticlea gracilenta;Anticlea longa;Anticlea mohinorensis;Melanthium glaucum;Zigadenus alpinus;Zigadenus chloranthus;Zigadenus coloradensis;Zigadenus dilatatus;Zigadenus elegans subsp. glaucus;Zigadenus elegans var. glaucus;Zigadenus glaucus;Zigadenus gracilentus;Zigadenus longus;Zigadenus mohinorensis;Zigadenus washakie
|basionyms=
|family=Liliaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Moist grasslands, river and lake shores, bogs in coniferous forests
|elevation=0–3600 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.W.T.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Colo.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|publication year=1814
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_86.xml
|genus=Zigadenus
|species=Zigadenus elegans
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