Anticlea elegans

Mountain deathcamas
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Melanthiaceae
Genus:	Anticlea
Species:	A. elegans
Binomial name
Anticlea elegans (Pursh) Rydb.[2]
Subspecies
A. elegans subsp. elegans A. elegans subsp. glauca (Nutt.) A.Haines A. elegans subsp. vaginata (Rydb.) Palmquist & T.J.Ayers
Synonyms[3][4][5][6]
Zigadenus elegans Pursh A. elegans subsp. elegans synonymy Anticlea alpina (Blank.) A.Heller, 1910 Anticlea chlorantha (Richardson) Rydb., 1903 Anticlea coloradensis (Rydb.) Rydb., 1903 Anticlea gracilenta (Greene) R.R.Gates, 1918 Anticlea longa (Greene) A.Heller, 1910 Anticlea mohinorensis (Greenm.) R.R.Gates, 1918 Gomphostylis bracteata (Sims) Raf., 1837 Helonias bracteata Sims, 1815 Melanthium hultgreenii Thunb., 1819 Zigadenus alpinus Blank., 1905 Zigadenus bracteatus (Sims) Sweet, 1826 Zigadenus canadensis Baker, 1879 Zigadenus chloranthus Richardson in J.Franklin, 1823 Zigadenus chloranthus var. major Hook., 1838 Zigadenus chloranthus var. minor Hook. & Arn., 1840 Zigadenus coloradensis Rydb., 1900 Zigadenus commutatus Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, 1830 Zigadenus dilatatus Greene, 1901 Zigadenus elegans var. coloradensis (Rydb.) M.E.Jones, 1910 Zigadenus gracilentus Greene, 1901 Zigadenus longus Greene, 1901 Zigadenus mohinorensis Greenm., 1903 Zigadenus speciosus Douglas ex Hook, 1838 Zigadenus speciosus var. minor Greene, 1894 Zigadenus washakie A.Nelson, 1926 A. elegans subsp. glauca synonymy Anticlea elegans var. glauca (Nutt.) Zomlefer & Judd, 2009 Anticlea glauca (Nutt.) Kunth, 1843 Evonyxis glauca (Nutt.) Raf., 1837 Leimanthium glaucum (Nutt.) Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, 1830 Melanthium glaucum Nutt., 1818 Zigadenus elegans subsp. glaucus (Nutt.) Hultén, 1973 Zigadenus elegans var. glaucus (Nutt.) Preece in H.A.Gleason & A.Cronquist, 1991 Zigadenus glaucus (Nutt.) Nutt., 1834 A. elegans subsp. vaginata synonymy Anticlea vaginata Rydb., 1912 Zigadenus vaginatus (Rydb.) J.F.Macbr., 1918

Anticlea elegans, commonly known as mountain deathcamas, elegant camas, or glaucous death-camas, is a trillium-relative in the flowering plant family Melanthiaceae. Three distinct subspecies are included Anticlea elegans subsp. elegans, the type subspecies, plus Anticlea elegans subsp. glauca and Anticlea elegans subsp. vaginata. Anticlea elegans subsp. vaginata is likely a result of a vicariance event at the end of the Pleistocene and the populations are genetically drifting apart. Glacial refugia in at least 5 states have formerly hosted populations of Anticlea elegans subsp. glauca, though two are now extirpated. The species is native to most of North America, being absent from California and the Baja California peninsula, the deep southeastern United States, and the far north of Canada. Little is know about the species pollinators, with a small population in Idaho documented to be likely pollinated mostly by flies.