Zigadenus densus | Osceola'S Plume, Crow Poison | Herb
Zigadenus densus belongs to the plant family MELANTHIACEÆ and Genus Zigadenus This Herb will grow well in a wide variety of loam or soils pertaining to most average garden situations , a pH which can apply to most normal garden soil conditions, . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Various
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Zigadenus densus does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Zigadenus densus so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Zigadenus densus Osceola's plume,crow poison is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).
Zigadenus densus will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 3 and10 years.
Zigadenus densus is a perennial. Flowers: Crow poison (locally known in some parts as Osceola's plume) has dense racemes of six-petaled flowers each with petals 1/4 to 1/2 inch long having a very small gland at its base. May and June are the usual months for blossoms. The blossoms are typically of a white color.
Zigadenus densus | Osceola'S Plume, Crow Poison is classed as a flowering plant specimen. The flower's principle colouring is white. If the flower has other colours these flower accent colors would be described as … . Secondary color or not the flower is described as: dense racemes of six-petaled flowers each with petals 1/4 to 1/2 inch long having a very small gland at its base
In the Northern Hemisphere Zigadenus densus starts to bloom around 05,01 blooming stops about 06,30
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 3' 4" feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page
Can be fatal if taken internally. This whole plant is toxic. It is poisonous if ingested. It contains zygadenine, a steroidal alkaloid, which causes extreme thirst, headache, dizziness, vomiting, cardiac irregularity and loss of muscle control leading to coma and death.
"A field guide to venomous animals and poisonous plants of North America north of Mexico", Peterson Field Guides, Steven Foster and Roger Caras, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1994.