Camassia quamash subsp. breviflora

Gould

Amer. Midl. Naturalist 28: 737, figs. 7, 10a, b. 1942.

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 306. Mentioned on page 304.

Leaves 10–17 mm wide, glaucous adaxially. Flowers actinomorphic or zygomorphic; tepals connivent over capsules after anthesis, usually forced apart again by capsule growth, bright blue to deep bluish violet, each 3- or occasionally 5-veined, 15–20 × 3–5 mm; anthers bright yellow, 4–5 mm; fruiting pedicel incurving-erect, 5–15 mm. Capsules 7–16 mm. Seeds 5–10 per locule.


Phenology: Flowering mid–late spring.
Habitat: Wet meadows
Elevation: 700–2500 m

Distribution

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Calif., Nev., Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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