Amianthium muscaetoxicum (Fly Poison), flowers
Copyright statement:

©John Hagstrom

Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image are available from the Sterling Morton Library, The Morton Arboretum. For more information, please visit our ABOUT section or complete and submit this form.

Amianthium muscaetoxicum (Fly Poison), flowers


3.75413
digital color photograph 
Born digital
Photographic image
2005 – 2012
Amianthium muscaetoxicum (Fly Poison), woodland wildflower, poisonous perennial, monotypic genus, 3' tall arising from a bulb, leaves are mostly basal and densely clustered 16" long by 0.8" wide, inflorescence is a terminal raceme with white flowers to 0.4" wide, without glands and the persistent tepals turn light green as they age, poison is known to kill livestock
Copyright statement:

©John Hagstrom

Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image are available from the Sterling Morton Library, The Morton Arboretum. For more information, please visit our ABOUT section or complete and submit this form.