Anticlea elegans, formerly Zigadenus elegans, is also known as mountain deathcamas, elegant camas or alkali grass. It is not a grass (though its leaves are grass-like), but belongs to the trillium family, Melanthiaceae. It has white lily-like flowers and two-pronged, greenish-yellow glands on each petal (the shape of which can help in distinguishing it from other members of the genus). It is widely distributed throughout North America and occurs in many habitats. Plants on the western side of the continent tend to be smaller in size than their eastern counterparts, but have more densely clustered flowers. The plant is extremely poisonous. Meriwether Lewis, while on the course of his expedition in 1806, collected a specimen near the Blackfoot River.Schiemann, Donald Anthony. Wildflowers of Montana, page 142. Mountain Press Publishing Company, Missoula. 2005.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Anticlea elegans has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens21
Marker genes6
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections14
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK★rbcL7★rbcLa★ITS3★ITS1★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualAnticlea elegans carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy84% within 1 km
≤100 m 3 748≤1 km 742≤10 km 386>10 km 452
5 328 georeferenced · 1 504 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor6 832
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy60% within 1 km
≤100 m 82≤1 km 248≤10 km 206>10 km 16
552 georeferenced · 828 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 380
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without
Open the mapnot free-living1
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions49 of 76 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bronx, US
185
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
132
Logan, US
120
Vancouver, CA
104
Wuzhou, CN
103
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
94
Université Lavallocation not on record
79
Ann Arbor, US
68
Durango, US
47
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
45
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
34
Corvallis, US
31
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record
30
Caldwell, US
28
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
26
ASUlocation not on record
25
Denver, US
18
Montréal, CA
18
Chadron, US
16
Albuquerque, US
14
Boise, US
11
Tampa, US
11
USFS/BHSClocation not on record
9
WINlocation not on record
7
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
7
Green Bay, US
7
Québec, CA
6
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
5
Provo, US
5
Canadian Museum of Naturelocation not on record
4
Pullman, US
4
Pocatello, US
4
Lubbock, US
4
Flagstaff, US
3
Anchorage, US
3
Tempe, US
3
MeiseBGlocation not on record
3
Dekalb, US
3
Pittsburg, US
3
CASlocation not on record
2
Chapel Hill, US
2
TROMlocation not on record
2
Philadelphia, US
2
US
2
WTUlocation not on record
2
Bandelier National Monumentlocation not on record
2
Spearfish, US
2
Madison, US
2
Chicago, US
2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
2
Mount Pleasant, US
2
Moscow, US
2
Riverside, US
2
Toronto, CA
2
Northridge, US
2
Bend, US
2
Whitehorse, CA
2
Yukon Universitylocation not on record
1
Millersville, US
1
University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
EL PASO, US
1
Montréal, CA
1
Weber State Universitylocation not on record
1
Saint Louis, US
1
Dresden, DE
1
Tromso University Museumlocation not on record
1
University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Austin, US
1
Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record
1
Brookings, US
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
Phoenix, US
1
Kew, GB
1
Portland, US
1
Olocation not on record
1
San Luis Obispo, US
1
76 institutions · 1 374 of 1 380 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA14 detections
Where the DNA of Anticlea elegans was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found14
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 14 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
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How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median10.5 °C 2.70–19.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter33.4 °C
Max temp (day)14.6 °C 6.00–22.0
Min temp (night)4.90 °C 0.2–16.1
Precipitation91.5 mm/mo 52.2–147
Air humidity61.0 % 57.9–65.1
Moisture balance12.7 mm/mo
Vapour deficit520 Pa 298–888
Wind speed3.20 m/s
Cloud cover47.2 % 37.6–72.2
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 9 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility8 213 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI14 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics21 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗