Camassia quamash subsp. maxima
Amer. Midl. Naturalist 28: 732, fig. 7. 1942.
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 305.
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Leaves 6–15 mm wide, slightly glaucous adaxially. Flowers zygomorphic or actinomorphic; tepals withering separately after anthesis, bright to deep bluish violet, each 5-veined, 7-veined, or 9-veined, occasionally 3-veined in outer whorls, 18–28 × 2–5 mm; anthers dull yellow, violet, or brown, 2.5–4 cm; fruiting pedicel spreading or incurving-erect, with capsules held away from raceme axes, 10–25 mm. Capsules 9–17 mm. Seeds 5–10 per locule. 2n = 30.
Phenology: Flowering mid–late spring.
Habitat: Wet meadows, fields, and rocky, coastal bluffs
Elevation: 0–600 m
Distribution
B.C., Oreg., Wash.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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narrow +
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sterile +
lanceolate +
tunicate +
clustered +
pale green;pale-brown +
not deciduous +
ovoid +
solid +
fleshy +
slender +
single +
capsular +
loculicidal +
bracteate +
racemose +
simple +
whorled +
persistent +
basal +
glaucous +
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Amer. Midl. Naturalist +
1942 +
wind-distributed +
black +
lustrous +
absent +
Endemic +
staminodial +
fertile +
capitate +
distinct +
3-lobed +
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Camassia quamash subsp. maxima +
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