''Toxicoscordion exaltatum'' the giant deathcamas, is a North American

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

in the genus ''

Toxicoscordion ''Toxicoscordion'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melanthiaceae, tribe Melanthieae, first described as a genus in 1903. The genus is mainly distributed in the midwestern United States and western North America, with some species in ...

'', reputed to be deadly poisonous. It is native to

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, and

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, where it can be found in the Sierra Nevada foothills.Calflora taxon report, University of California @ Berkeley, ''Toxicoscordion exaltatum'' (Eastw.) A. Heller Giant death camas
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Jepson Manual TreatmentCalphotos Photo gallery, University of California @ Berkeley
exaltatum Flora of California Flora of Nevada Flora of Oregon Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Plants described in 1906 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{liliales-stub