Camassia cusickii

S. Watson

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 479. 1887.

Common names: Cusick camas
Endemic
Synonyms: Quamasia cusickii (S. Watson) Coville
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 307. Mentioned on page 304.

Bulbs clustered, ellipsoid, 2–7 cm diam. Leaves rarely fewer than 10, 2.5–5 dm × 2–5 cm. Inflorescences 50–80 cm; sterile bracts 0, bracts subtending flowers exceeding pedicel. Flowers slightly zygomorphic; tepals withering separately after anthesis, pale blue or bluish violet, each 3 (–5) -veined, 25–35 × 3–5 mm; anthers yellow, 3.5–4 (–5) mm; fruiting pedicel incurving-erect or slightly spreading, 15–25 mm. Capsules not deciduous, light-brown, ovoid or ellipsoid, 15–25 mm. Seeds 5–10 per locule. 2n = 30.


Phenology: Flowering mid–late spring.
Habitat: Hillsides
Elevation: 1000–2000 m

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
spreading +  and incurving-erect +
cordate +  and linear +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Tom A. Ranker +  and Tim Hogan +
S. Watson +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
lanceolate +
2cm +  and 7cm +
not deciduous +
ellipsoid +  and ovoid +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Cusick camas +
Idaho +  and Oreg. +
1000–2000 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
loculicidal +
ovoid +  and ellipsoid or subglobose +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Hillsides +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
persistent +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
superior +  and inferior +
spreading +  and incurving-erect +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering mid–late spring. +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
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 +
Quamasia cusickii +
Camassia cusickii +
Camassia +
species +
3(-5)-veined +
bluish violet;pale blue +
persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
25mm;35mm +
lanceolate +
3mm;5mm +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
brown +  and black +
caulescent +  and scapose +