Giant death camas

Toxicoscordion exaltatum (Eastwood) A. Heller

Plants 3–10 dm, from bulbs; bulbs often clumped, tunicate, ovoid, 20–60 × 18–50 mm. Leaves: proximal blades 18–60 cm × 3–25 mm. Inflorescences paniculate, 10–80-flowered, with 2–10 branches, 3–40 × 2–8 cm. Flowers: perianth hypogynous, 12–20 mm diam.; tepals persistent in fruit, cream colored, elliptic to ovate, 5–10 × 2–4 mm, outer not clawed, often persistently reflexed below mature capsule; gland 1, obovate, distal margins evident, dentate; filaments straight, shorter than tepals, thickened proximally; pedicel ascending in flower, perpendicular to stem in fruit, 10–35 mm, bracts green and foliaceous to white and membranous, 3–25 mm. Capsules 9–20 × 4–9 mm. 2n = 22.

Flowering Apr--Jun. Sierra Nevada foothill woodlands, yellow pine forests; 0--1200 m; Calif.