How do you identify death camas?
Hereof, what happens if you eat death camas?
All parts of the Death Camas plant contain a steroidal toxin called Zygacine. Eaten in small amounts, Zygacine causes stomach upset, vomiting and diarrhea. Swallow too much of it and the toxin in Death Camas will trigger varying degrees of paralysis and only rarely death. There is no cure for Zygacine poisoning.
Hereof, where do death camas grow?
Habitat: Death Camas grows in areas along streams and in forest clearings and meadows from about 6000 to 12000 feet in the mountains. It has a wide distribution from Alaska to New Mexico and from Nevada west to Minnesota. In Colorado it can be found flowering from June to August.
It is not an edible plant and can be described as an interesting, but not as pretty, specimen of flora. Bowiea sea onion is another name for the plant, which is a succulent without any leaves. The plant grows from a bulb which is often outside of the soil.