''Toxicoscordion micranthum'', the smallflower deathcamas, is a

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 ...

''. It is native to

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and

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, primarily in the

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from Douglas County to Napa and Sonoma Counties, with isolated populations in Lassen, Plumas, Santa Clara, and San Benito Counties. It is a member of the serpentine soils flora. ''Toxicoscordion micranthum'' is a bulb-forming herb up to 70 cm tall and bearing as many as 60 flowers. Flowers are white or cream-colored, sometimes with green markings, 5–12 mm in diameter hence smaller than most of the other species in the genus.

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Jepson Manual Treatment, ''Zigadenus micranthus'' Eastw.Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California @ Berkeley
micranthum Flora of California Flora of Oregon Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Plants described in 1903 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{liliales-stub