Zigadenus glaucus of Michigan Flora.

Dunes and sandy or rocky shores of the Great Lakes; also inland on calcareous soils and banks, and in fens and wet meadows. Especially abundant in calcareous habitats near the straits.

The plant, especially the bulb, contains a very poisonous alkaloid and should never be eaten. The plant is sometimes known by the common name of death camas. The flowers have a distinctive and strongly unpleasant odor. The leaves are long and narrow, less than 12 mm broad (rarely to 20 mm), mostly crowded toward the base of the plant. Recognition of Anticlea follows Zomlefer & Judd (2002). Our plants are all the eastern var. glaucus (Nutt.) Zomlefer & Judd, with a normally paniculate inflorescence (Hess & Sivinski, 1995).