| Other Names | Crow Poison | ||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Nothoscordurm bivalve | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Lily ( Liliaceae ) | ||||||||||||
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Slender perenial 4-20 inches tall, from bulb. Flowers: 6 creamy white petals to 1/2 inch long with a dark stripe on outside. Several flowers in umbel at top of leafless stem. Individual flower stalks to 2 inches. Leaves: Basal; linear, grasslike 1/16 to 5/16 inch wide. Some as tall as flower stalk. This toxic plant can be confused with wild onions, but it has a musky, not oniony, odor. | |||||||||||||
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Reference: Delena Tull, George Oxford Miller Wildflowers, Trees & Shrubs of Texas p. 126 | |||||||||||||
All year
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