Calflora: Zigadenus fremontii

Zigadenus fremontii (Torrey) S. Watson

Death camas, Fremont's Star Lily, Fremont's death camas, Fremont's deathcamas, Star Lily, Starlily, Zygadene, chaparral zygadene

Zigadenus fremontii, a monocot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

Communities:	Valley Grassland, Chaparral, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Alkali Sink
Habitat:	slopes [Walker]
Toxicity:	MAJOR [California Poison Control System 2010]
Elevation:	between 0 and 3500 feet
Family:	LILIACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Zigadenus found in California.

Name Status:

Accepted by PLANTS + JM93
TJM2: accepted name:		Toxicoscordion fremontii

NOTE: Zigadenus fremontii is not an active name in the Calflora species table.

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Alameda: 29 / 21 CCH Butte: 20 / 15 CCH Contra Costa: 24 / 14 CCH Colusa: 11 / 9 CCH Del Norte: 2 / 2 CCH El Dorado: 1 / 1 CCH Fresno: 2 / 2 CCH Glenn: 2 / 1 CCH Humboldt: 4 / 4 CCH Lake: 19 / 18 CCH Los Angeles: 65 / 50 CCH Mendocino: 19 / 11 CCH Merced: 2 / 2 CCH Monterey: 56 / 26 CCH Marin: 54 / 16 CCH Napa: 29 / 14 CCH Orange: 15 / 7 CCH Placer: 1 / 1 CCH Riverside: 40 / 36 CCH Santa Barbara: 111 / 97 CCH San Bernardino: 2 / 2 CCH San Benito: 5 / 2 CCH Santa Clara: 15 / 10 CCH Santa Cruz: 23 / 16 CCH San Diego: 135 / 123 CCH San Francisco: 15 / 9 CCH Shasta: 4 / 2 CCH San Luis Obispo: 42 / 36 CCH San Mateo: 21 / 7 CCH Solano: 22 / 14 CCH Sonoma: 29 / 6 CCH Sutter: 1 / 0 CCH Tehama: 10 / 7 CCH Tuolumne: 1 / 0 CCH Ventura: 43 / 33 CCH Yolo: 6 / 4 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Zigadenus fremontii from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (ZIFR)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database