Camassia quamash subsp. walpolei

(Piper) Gould

Amer. Midl. Naturalist 28: 735. 1942.

Endemic
Basionym: Quamasia walpolei Piper Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 29: 81. 1916
Synonyms: Camassia walpolei (Piper) J. F. Macbride
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 305.

Leaves 4–13 mm wide, not glaucous. Flowers actinomorphic; tepals withering separately after anthesis, pale blue or blue-violet, each 3-veined, sometimes 5-veined in outer whorls, 12–20 × 3–5 mm; anthers bright-yellow, 3–5 mm; fruiting pedicel incurving-erect, with capsules closely appressed to raceme axes, 5–10 mm. Capsules 8–15 mm. Seeds 3–6 per locule.


Phenology: Flowering mid–late spring.
Habitat: Wet meadows
Elevation: 100–1500 m

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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bright-yellow +
spreading-erect +  and incurving-erect +
cordate +  and linear +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Tom A. Ranker +  and Tim Hogan +
(Piper) Gould +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
Quamasia walpolei +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
lanceolate +
exceeding pedicel +  and equaling +
1cm +  and 5cm +
pale green;pale-brown +
not deciduous +
incurving-erect +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
100–1500 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
actinomorphic +
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 +
not glaucous +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 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 +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
wind-distributed +
3 +  and 6 +
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 walpolei +
Camassia quamash subsp. walpolei +
Camassia quamash +
subspecies +
5-veined +  and 3-veined +
blue-violet;pale blue +
long-persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
12mm;20mm +
lanceolate +
3mm;5mm +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
brown +  and black +
caulescent +  and scapose +