Index / Search / Zigadenus elegans
§1 Plant
Zigadenus elegans Pursh
vernacular mountain deathcamas — species · Liliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Liliaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Zigadenus
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 323 counties across 25 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 323 counties across 25 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Clear Creek 08019
- Conejos 08021
- Costilla 08023
- Custer 08027
- Dolores 08033
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Hinsdale 08053
- Huerfano 08055
- La Plata 08067
- Lake 08065
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Ouray 08091
- Park 08093
- Pitkin 08097
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- San Miguel 08113
- Summit 08117
- Teller 08119
Idaho view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Bannock 16005
- Bear Lake 16007
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonner 16017
- Bonneville 16019
- Boundary 16021
- Butte 16023
- Cassia 16031
- Clark 16033
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Idaho 16049
- Kootenai 16055
- Lemhi 16059
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Payette 16075
- Teton 16081
- Valley 16085
Illinois view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Delta 26041
- Eaton 26045
- Emmet 26047
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Ionia 26067
- Iosco 26069
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Mason 26105
- Montcalm 26117
- Oakland 26125
- Oscoda 26135
- Presque Isle 26141
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
Minnesota view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Becker 27005
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cottonwood 27033
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Fillmore 27045
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Red Lake 27125
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Sibley 27143
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Todd 27153
- Wabasha 27157
- Waseca 27161
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Granite 30039
- Hill 30041
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Madison 30057
- Park 30067
- Powell 30077
- Richland 30083
- Rosebud 30087
- Teton 30099
Nebraska view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 9 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Bottineau 38009
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McLean 38055
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ransom 38073
- Renville 38075
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Slope 38087
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 9 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ZIEL2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5295813 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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