Camassia quamash subsp. intermedia |
Camassia quamash subsp. linearis |
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Leaves | 6–13 mm wide, not glaucous. |
6–15 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; tepals connivent over capsules after anthesis, usually forced apart again by capsule growth, deep bluish violet, each 5-, 7-, or 9- veined, occasionally 3-veined in outer whorls, 20–35 × 5–8 mm; anthers dull yellow to violet, 4–7 mm; fruiting pedicel incurving-erect, 10–25 mm. |
Capsules | 7–19 mm. |
6–18 mm. |
Seeds | 6–10 per locule. |
5–10 per locule. |
Camassia quamash subsp. intermedia |
Camassia quamash subsp. linearis |
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Phenology | Flowering mid–late spring. | Flowering mid–late spring. |
Habitat | Fields, pastures | Wet meadows |
Elevation | 300–1000 m (1000–3300 ft) | 0–800 m (0–2600 ft) |
Distribution |
OR |
CA |
Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 305. | FNA vol. 26, p. 305. |
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Name authority | Gould: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 28: 734, figs. 7, 10c. (1942) | Gould: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 28: 736, figs. 5(5–7), 7, 9. (1942) |
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