Death camas

Toxicoscordion venenosum

Toxic meadow bulb. Included so camas is not a casual look-alike page.

GROW → HARVEST → EAT → DRY → POWDER → CAPSULE → GUMMY — forms are not equivalent. Food first.

Identity

NameDeath camas

Scientific nameToxicoscordion venenosum

FamilyMelanthiaceae

Typeidentification / safety

Climate / zonesWestern meadows

LightSpring meadows

What it is

Toxic meadow bulb. Included so camas is not a casual look-alike page.

Edible portions

Safety Not treated as food on this site.

Growing

Climate. Western meadows
Light. Spring meadows
Soil. Meadow
Planting. Wild. Not a food.
Harvest. Never for food.

Safety

Toxic. Creamy-white flowers typically; do not forage meadow bulbs without expert ID.

Next steps

Grow it How we treat evidence Food vs supplement

Sources

USDA PLANTS Database — taxonomy and range (verify current entries)
No USDA FoodData Central nutrient profile is attached here. That is not a claim that the plant contains no nutrients.
State cooperative extension growing guides — verify for your region

Honest incompleteness is preferred to fabricated completeness. If a section is missing, no record for it is attached here — not a claim that the plant lacks that characteristic, and not that it was omitted as a secret.

Internal quality class B. Good foundation: enough unique information to exist as its own destination.