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.
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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 +