Zygadenus muscaetoxicus

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Zygadenus muscaetoxicus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Zygadenus muscaetoxicus, Regel (Helonias laeta, Ker. Amianthium muscaetoxicum, Gray. Chrosperma muscaetoxicum, Kuntze). Fly-poison. Slender, 4 ft. or less tall: lvs. rather short, the basal ones varying from 1/6 in. to over 1 in. broad, not glaucous: racemes simple: fls. about 1/3 in. across, the segms. ovate-oblong and obtuse. N. Y. to Fla. and Ark. B.M. 803; 1540. L.B.C. 10:998. Gn. 57, p. 160.—Bulb and herbage poisonous. A fly-poison has been made from the bulb. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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