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-veined, 7-veined, 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

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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brown +, violet +, yellow +  and dull +
spreading-erect +  and incurving-erect +
cordate +  and linear +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 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 +
incurving-erect +  and spreading +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
B.C. +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
0–600 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
actinomorphic +  and zygomorphic +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
loculicidal +
ovoid +  and ellipsoid or subglobose +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Wet meadows, fields, and rocky, coastal bluffs +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
persistent +
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 +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
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. maxima +
Camassia quamash +
subspecies +
3-veined +, 9-veined +, 7-veined +  and 5-veined +
bluish violet +
long-persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
18mm;28mm +
lanceolate +
2mm;5mm +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
brown +  and black +
caulescent +  and scapose +