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

None.

Lower Taxa

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yellow +  and violet +
incurving-erect +
cordate +  and linear +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Tom A. Ranker +  and Tim Hogan +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
Phalangium quamash +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
lanceolate +
exceeding pedicel +  and equaling +
1cm +  and 5cm +
pale green;pale-brown +
not deciduous +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
0–800 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
loculicidal +
ovoid +  and ellipsoid or subglobose +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Wet meadows +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
persistent +
not glaucous +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
superior +  and inferior +
spreading +  and incurving-erect +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering mid–late spring. +
Amer. Midl. Naturalist +
wind-distributed +
5 +  and 10 +
obpyriform +  and ovoid-ellipsoid +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
adnate +  and free +
staminodial +
1 +  and several +
3 +  and 1 +
filiform +
Camassia quamash subsp. linearis +
Camassia quamash +
subspecies +
3-veined +  and 9-veined +
bluish violet +
long-persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
20mm;35mm +
lanceolate +
5mm;8mm +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
brown +  and black +
caulescent +  and scapose +