Flora of North America species comparison

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Camassia cusickii

Cusick camas, Cusick's camas, wild blue hyacinth
Bulbs

clustered, ellipsoid, 2–7 cm diam.
Leaves

rarely fewer than 10, 2.5–5 dm × 2–5 cm.
Inflorescences

50–80 cm;

sterile bracts 0, bracts subtending flowers exceeding pedicel.
Flowers

slightly zygomorphic;

tepals withering separately after anthesis, pale blue or bluish violet, each 3(–5)-veined, 25–35 × 3–5 mm;

anthers yellow, 3.5–4(–5) mm; fruiting pedicel incurving-erect or slightly spreading, 15–25 mm.
Capsules

not deciduous, light brown, ovoid or ellipsoid, 15–25 mm.
Seeds

5–10 per locule.
2n

= 30.

Camassia cusickii
Phenology Flowering mid–late spring.
Habitat Hillsides
Elevation 1000–2000 m (3300–6600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
ID; OR
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Source FNA vol. 26, p. 307.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Camassia
Sibling taxa
C. angusta, C. howellii, C. leichtlinii, C. quamash, C. scilloides
Synonyms Quamasia cusickii
Name authority S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 479. (1887)
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