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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Zigadenus virescens
|accepted_authority=(Kunth) J. F. Macbride
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Contr. Gray Herb.
|place=53: 4. 1918
|year=1918
}}
|common_names=Green death camas
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Helonias virescens
|authority=Kunth
|rank=species
|publication_title=in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp.
|publication_place=1: 267. 1816
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anticlea mexicana
|authority=Kunth
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anticlea virescens
|authority=(Kunth) Rydberg
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Zigadenus mexicanus
|authority=(Kunth) Hemsley
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Zigadenus porrifolius
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Zigadenus virescens var. porrifolius
|authority=(Greene) O. S. Walsh ex Espejo & López-Ferrari
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Zigadenus;Zigadenus virescens
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Zigadenus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Zigadenus virescens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 82, 88
|treatment_page=page 87
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>3.5–8.5 dm, from bulbs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="bulb arrangement;bulb architecture;bulb shape;bulb length;bulb width">bulbs not clumped, tunicate, narrowly ovoid, 3–5 × 1–1.5 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="proximal blade length;proximal blade width"><b>Leaves:</b> proximal blades 25–45 cm × 3–20 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence architecture;branch quantity"><b>Inflorescences </b>racemose to paniculate, 15–30-flowered, with 1–4 branches.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="flower orientation"><b>Flowers </b>nodding;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="perianth position;perianth shape;perianth diameter">perianth perigynous, campanulate, 4–8 mm diam.;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="tepal coloration;tepal coloration;tepal shape;tepal length;tepal width;tepal shape;apex shape">tepals greenish, sometimes tinged with purple, ovate, 4–6 × 1.5–3 mm, somewhat narrowed at base, apex narrowly obtuse;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="gland quantity;gland shape;gland width">gland 1, obcordate, thick;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="pedicel orientation;bract coloration;bract coloration;bract shape;bract some measurement">pedicel recurved at anthesis, 1.5–2 cm, bracts often tinged with purple or pink, ovate, 5–20 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="capsule shape;capsule some measurement;2n chromosome quantity"><b>Capsules </b>narrowly conic, 10–20 mm. <b>2n</b> = 32.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Montane coniferous forests
|elevation=1000–3200 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;N.Mex.;s Mexico
|tables=
|references=
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name=Zigadenus virescens
|authority=(Kunth) J. F. Macbride
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Anticlea mexicana;Anticlea virescens;Zigadenus mexicanus;Zigadenus porrifolius;Zigadenus virescens var. porrifolius
|basionyms=Helonias virescens
|family=Liliaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Montane coniferous forests
|elevation=1000–3200 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;N.Mex.;s Mexico
|reference=None
|publication title=Contr. Gray Herb.
|publication year=1918
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_88.xml
|genus=Zigadenus
|species=Zigadenus virescens
|2n chromosome quantity=32
|apex shape=obtuse
|bract coloration=,;tinged with purple or tinged with pink
|bract shape=ovate
|bract some measurement=5mm;20mm
|branch quantity=1;4
|bulb architecture=tunicate
|bulb arrangement=not clumped
|bulb length=3cm;5cm
|bulb shape=ovoid
|bulb width=1cm;1.5cm
|capsule shape=conic
|capsule some measurement=10mm;20mm
|flower orientation=nodding
|gland quantity=1
|gland shape=obcordate
|gland width=thick
|inflorescence architecture=15-30-flowered
|inflorescence arrangement=racemose;paniculate
|pedicel orientation=recurved
|perianth diameter=4mm;8mm
|perianth position=perigynous
|perianth shape=campanulate
|proximal blade length=25cm;45cm
|proximal blade width=3mm;20mm
|tepal coloration=tinged with purple;greenish
|tepal length=4mm;6mm
|tepal shape=narrowed;ovate
|tepal width=1.5mm;3mm
|whole_organism growth form=plant
|whole_organism some measurement=3.5dm;8.5dm
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