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blue camas, prairie camas

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

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
from FNA
OR
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
WA
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 305. FNA vol. 26, p. 305.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Camassia > Camassia quamash Liliaceae > Camassia > Camassia quamash
Sibling taxa
C. quamash subsp. azurea, C. quamash subsp. breviflora, C. quamash subsp. linearis, C. quamash subsp. maxima, C. quamash subsp. quamash, C. quamash subsp. utahensis, C. quamash subsp. walpolei
C. quamash subsp. breviflora, C. quamash subsp. intermedia, C. quamash subsp. linearis, C. quamash subsp. maxima, C. quamash subsp. quamash, C. quamash subsp. utahensis, C. quamash subsp. walpolei
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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