Camassia quamash subsp. intermedia

Gould

Amer. Midl. Naturalist 28: 734, figs. 7, 10c. 1942.

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 305. Mentioned on page 304.

Leaves 6–13 mm wide, not glaucous. Flowers usually zygomorphic; tepals withering separately after anthesis, pale-bluish-violet, each usually 5-veined or 7-veined, occasionally 3-veined in outer whorls, 20–35 × 5 mm; anthers bright-yellow, 5–7 mm; fruiting pedicel strongly incurving, with capsules closely appressed to raceme axes, 35–60 mm. Capsules 7–19 mm. Seeds 6–10 per locule.


Phenology: Flowering mid–late spring.
Habitat: Fields, pastures
Elevation: 300–1000 m

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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bright-yellow +
spreading-erect +  and incurving-erect +
cordate +  and linear +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 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 +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.9 cm19 mm <br />0.019 m <br />) +
300–1000 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
loculicidal +
ovoid +  and ellipsoid or subglobose +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Fields, pastures +
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 /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
superior +  and inferior +
spreading +  and incurving-erect +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering mid–late spring. +
Amer. Midl. Naturalist +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
wind-distributed +
6 +  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. intermedia +
Camassia quamash +
subspecies +
3-veined +, 7-veined +  and 5-veined +
pale-bluish-violet +
long-persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
20mm;35mm +
lanceolate +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
brown +  and black +
caulescent +  and scapose +