DEATH CAMAS
(Zygadenus spp.)
The grass-like leaves of death camas can be confused with wild onions (though death camas lacks the distinctive onion odor) and the edible blue camas (death camas flowers are creamy white). This plant is common in grasslands and shrublands throughout our area. The entire plant is highly toxic and fatal to both humans and animals. Poisoning symptoms include profuse salivation, burning lips, mouth numbness, thirst, stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhea, confusion, slow irregular heart beat, low blood pressure and low temperature, difficulty breathing, coma, and death.
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