Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Zigadenus elegans Pursh

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Anticlea chlorantha (Richardson) Rydb.

Common names:

Alkali-grass [Alkali grass] (1894-1929, MN) (75, 157, 158)

Death-camas [Death camas, Deathcamas] (1929) (157)

Glaucous zygadenus (1903-1907) (72, 133)

Mountain death-camas [Mountain deathcamas] (1942-Present) (50, 155)

Swamp camas (1903, ND) (133)