Corn Lily is native throughout much of the Western U.S. It grows wild in the Sierra Nevada mountains of CA, and can be found in meadows, ...Read Morevernal pools, and along creeks and streams. Leaves resemble a corn plant, hence the common name. Grows from 3-6ft tall with long white flower scapes at the top of each plant. Each scape is covered with numerous small white flowers.
This plant is toxic to livestock, containing steroidal alkaloids. Mature livestock can be successfully treated with epinephrine, but if consumed during gestation, can cause a wide variety of severe and sometimes lethal birth defects, depending on the stage of gestation when the plant was eaten. The plant will also often lead to longer gestation, resulting in high birth weight and the need for ceserian delivery.
Sheep and goats willingly eat new leaves, and should never be put to pasture around this plant. Cattle will generally avoid it if other plants are available, but will eat it when there is less available forage, and so should be monitored carefully if pastured with these plants.
Corn Lily is native throughout much of the Western U.S. It grows wild in the Sierra Nevada mountains of CA, and can be found in meadows, ...Read More