Everwilde Farms - 1 oz White Camass Native Wildflower Seeds - Gold Vault Bulk Seed Packet

Also known as Death Camas, every part of this native plant contains powerful poisons. The grass-like foliage bears starry white flowers above, and bulbs in the ground beneath. Also known as "Death Camas," every part of this plant contains powerful poisons. The first botanical records of this plant come from the notes of Meriwether Lewis, who collected a specimen near the Blackfoot River on July 7, 1806. Early settlers soon learned to avoid the plant, since it made their livestock extremely ill or even caused death. The genus name "Zigadenus" comes from the Greek words for "yoke gland," referring to the distinctive shape of the structures at each flower's center.