Camassia quamash subsp. utahensis

Gould

Amer. Midl. Naturalist 28: 740, fig. 7. 1942.

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

Leaves 10–20 mm wide, glaucous adaxially. Flowers usually zygomorphic; tepals connivent over capsule after anthesis, usually forced apart again by capsule growth, pale to deep bluish violet, each 3-veined or 5-veined, 16–31 × 3–5 cm; anthers dull yellow to violet, 2.5–4 mm; fruiting pedicel incurving-erect, 10–20 mm. Capsules 9–18 mm. Seeds 5–10 per locule.


Phenology: Flowering mid–late spring.
Habitat: Wet meadows
Elevation: 1000–2400 m

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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yellow +  and violet +
incurving-erect +
cordate +  and linear +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 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 +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
Idaho +, Mont. +, Utah +  and Wyo. +
1000–2400 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
loculicidal +
ovoid +  and ellipsoid or subglobose +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Wet meadows +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
persistent +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
superior +  and inferior +
spreading +  and incurving-erect +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering mid–late spring. +
Amer. Midl. Naturalist +
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. utahensis +
Camassia quamash +
subspecies +
5-veined +  and 3-veined +
pale;deep bluish violet +
long-persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
16cm;31cm +
lanceolate +
3cm;5cm +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
brown +  and black +
caulescent +  and scapose +