Fremont's Star Lily

Zigadenus fremontii

Fremont's star lily opens early clusters of creamy star-shaped flowers from a bulb on California's grassy and rocky slopes. Handsome in spring but, as a death camas, toxic to people and livestock.

Family: Melanthiaceae
Type: wildflower
Lifespan: perennial
Height: 1–2 ft
Spacing: 0.5–1 ft apart
Light: sun, part shade
Soil moisture: dry, moist
Soil pH: neutral
Bloom: February, March, April
Bloom colors: white, yellow
Wildlife value: pollinators
Landscape uses: border, container
Native states: CA