Camassia quamash subsp. intermedia |
Camassia quamash subsp. azurea |
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blue camas, prairie camas |
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Leaves | 6–13 mm wide, not glaucous. |
4–13 mm wide, not glaucous. |
Flowers | usually zygomorphic; tepals withering separately after anthesis, pale bluish violet, each usually 5- or 7-veined, occasionally 3-veined in outer whorls, 20–35 × 5 mm; anthers bright yellow, 5–7 mm; fruiting pedicel strongly incurving, with capsules closely appressed to raceme axes, 35–60 mm. |
slightly zygomorphic or actinomorphic; tepals withering separately after anthesis, light bluish violet, each 5–9- veined, 3-veined in outer whorls, 12–27 × 1.5–3 mm; anthers yellow, 2.5–4 mm; fruiting pedicel spreading-erect, with capsules held away from raceme axes, 25–60 mm. |
Capsules | 7–19 mm. |
7–15 mm. |
Seeds | 6–10 per locule. |
5–10 per locule. |
Camassia quamash subsp. intermedia |
Camassia quamash subsp. azurea |
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Phenology | Flowering mid–late spring. | Flowering mid–late spring. |
Habitat | Fields, pastures | Alluvial plains, meadows, light, well-drained prairie soils |
Elevation | 300–1000 m (1000–3300 ft) | 0–200 m (0–700 ft) |
Distribution |
OR |
WA |
Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 305. | FNA vol. 26, p. 305. |
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Synonyms | Quamasia azurea | |
Name authority | Gould: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 28: 734, figs. 7, 10c. (1942) | (A. Heller) Gould: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 28: 733. (1942) |
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