Camassia quamash subsp. maxima

Gould

Amer. Midl. Naturalist 28: 732, fig. 7. 1942.

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

Leaves 6–15 mm wide, slightly glaucous adaxially. Flowers zygomorphic or actinomorphic; tepals withering separately after anthesis, bright to deep bluish violet, each 5-, 7-, or 9-veined, occasionally 3-veined in outer whorls, 18–28 × 2–5 mm; anthers dull yellow, violet, or brown, 2.5–4 cm; fruiting pedicel spreading- or incurving-erect, with capsules held away from raceme axes, 10–25 mm. Capsules 9–17 mm. Seeds 5–10 per locule. 2n = 30.


Phenology: Flowering mid–late spring.
Habitat: Wet meadows, fields, and rocky, coastal bluffs
Elevation: 0–600 m

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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