Camassia quamash subsp. linearis

Gould

Amer. Midl. Naturalist 28: 736, figs. 5(5–7), 7, 9. 1942.

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 305. Mentioned on page 304.

Leaves 6–15 mm wide, not glaucous. Flowers 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 6–18 mm. Seeds 5–10 per locule.


Phenology: Flowering mid–late spring.
Habitat: Wet meadows
Elevation: 0–800 m

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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