Difference between revisions of "Camassia leichtlinii"
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 376. 1885.
Common names: Leichtlin camas
Endemic
Basionym: Chlorogalum leichtlinii Baker Gard. Chron., n. s. 1: 689. 1874
Synonyms: Camassia esculenta var. leichtlinii (Baker) Baker Quamasia leichtlinii (Baker) Coville
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Bulbs usually solitary, ovoid, 1.5–3 cm diam. Leaves 3–9, 2–6 dm × 5–25 mm. Inflorescences 20–130 cm; sterile bracts 0, bracts subtending flowers usually shorter than pedicel. Flowers actinomorphic; tepals strongly connivent over capsules after anthesis, deciduous as capsules develop, bluish violet to bright blue or creamy white, each 5-, 7-, or 9-veined, 20–40 × 4–10 mm; anthers yellow, 4–7 mm; fruiting pedicel spreading-erect, 15–50 mm. Capsules often deciduous from pedicel, dull green, ovoid to ellipsoid, 10–25 × 6–12 mm. Seeds 6–12 per locule. 2n = 30.
Distribution
w United States and Canada.
Discussion
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Key
| 1 | Perianth always creamy white. | Camassia leichtlinii subsp. leichtlinii |
| 1 | Perianth usually bluish violet to bright blue, occasionally white. | Camassia leichtlinii subsp. suksdorfii |