Camassia quamash subsp. breviflora

Gould

Amer. Midl. Naturalist 28: 737, figs. 7, 10a, b. 1942.

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

Leaves 10–17 mm wide, glaucous adaxially. Flowers actinomorphic or zygomorphic; tepals connivent over capsules after anthesis, usually forced apart again by capsule growth, bright blue to deep bluish violet, each 3-veined or occasionally 5-veined, 15–20 × 3–5 mm; anthers bright-yellow, 4–5 mm; fruiting pedicel incurving-erect, 5–15 mm. Capsules 7–16 mm. Seeds 5–10 per locule.


Phenology: Flowering mid–late spring.
Habitat: Wet meadows
Elevation: 700–2500 m

Distribution

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Calif., Nev., Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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bright-yellow +
incurving-erect +
cordate +  and linear +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> - 1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 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 /> - 1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> +
Calif. +, Nev. +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
700–2500 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
zygomorphic +  and 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 +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> - 1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 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. breviflora +
Camassia quamash +
subspecies +
5-veined +  and 3-veined +
bright blue;deep bluish violet +
long-persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
15mm;20mm +
lanceolate +
3mm;5mm +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
brown +  and black +
caulescent +  and scapose +