Camarotis Quamash

Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Camarotis Quamash in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Camarotis Quamash, Greene (C. esculenta, Lindl.). Common Camass. Fig. 757. This species varies greatly; some forms are low and slender, others 2-3 ft. high, stout and many-fld.; it can be distinguished by the irregular perianth in which 5 segms. are more or less on one side and 1 on the other: lvs. ⅔ in. broad or less: fls. 10-40, varying from almost white to intense ultramarine in the varieties; segms. 3-5-nerved and a little longer than the stamens, narrow and channeled at the base; pedicels not exceeding the fls.: caps, ovate-oblong, obtuse, transversely veined. Calif, to Utah and north to Brit. Col. B.R. 1486. F.S. 3:275. Gn. 46:338 and p. 339.—Bulb cooked and eaten by the Indians. The fls. vary to white. The large ultramarine form is the one in the trade. The withered segments fall down about the pedicel irregularly. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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