Wildlife

Death camas

Anticlea elegans
Habitat
Lewis and Clark Pass
Conservation
Apparently secure

Lewis collected this attractive plant before crossing Lewis and Clark Pass. All parts are highly poisonous.

Journal References

1 journal entry mentions Death camas

Sep 20 1805
Rescued by the Nez Perce at Weippe Prairie
...d by Chief Twisted Hair, provided food — dried salmon and camas roots — though the sudden change in diet made many of the men violently ill. Nez Perce oral tradi...

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