Amianthium muscitoxicum
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late 1700 color drawing, Curtis Botanical Magazine |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Amianthium muscitoxicum (Walter) A. Gray |
| Common name: | flypoison |
| Group: | monocot |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 1 - 4,5' |
| Foliage: | thin, grasslike basal leaves |
| Flower: | small white flowers |
| Flowering time: | May to July |
| Habitat: | sandy woods, along coastal plain |
| Range in New Jersey: | inner coastal plains, rare |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | S2 |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | contains many alkaloids; can be deadly to cattle injesting it. |