Zygadenus (zigadenus)

[NL. (Richard, 1803), named from the conspicuous pair of glands at the base of the sepals in Z. glaberrimus; as hog's potato, being innocuous to hogs and greedily eaten by them. 2. glaucus extends northward to Kotzebue Sound. Z. glaberrimus and Z. leimanthoides, sometimes referred to Amianthium, are tall and like species with conspicuous or cream-colored compound racemes, resembling the black cohosh.