Camassia
camas
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Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Description:
[none provided]
Accepted Name:
Camassia
Publication: Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 18: plate 1486. 1832.
[name conserved]
Publication: Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 18: plate 1486. 1832.
[name conserved]
Synonyms & Misapplications:
(none provided)
Species in Camassia:
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Camassia cusickii – Cusick's camas
Disjunct in Klickitat County in Washington; northeastern Oregon and adjacent western Idaho. -
Camassia leichtlinii – great camas Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California.
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ssp. suksdorfii – Suksdorf's great camas Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California.
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Camassia quamash – common camas Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana and Utah.
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ssp. azurea – blue camas, prairie camas Endemic to the lowlands west of the Cascades crest in Washington, including the Puget Trough from Pierce County, Washington, to Grays Harbor County, and on both sides of the Olympic Mountains.
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ssp. breviflora – eastern camas, small-flowered camas Occurring in the south-central and southeastern counties in Washington; southern Washington to California, east to Nevada.
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ssp. maxima – dark camas Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to the Willamette Valley, Oregon; more common in the northern part of range
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ssp. quamash – common camas Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to eastern Oregon, east to Montana
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Camassia in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Camassia checklist entry
OregonFlora: Camassia information
E-Flora BC: Camassia atlas page
CalPhotos: Camassia photos
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