Quamasia

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Quamasia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Quamasia (quamash, the Indian name). Liliaceae. A name given by Rafinesque in 1818 to the plants that Lindley, in 1832, called Camassia. On the principle of fifty years of accepted usage, the name Camassia is retained in the "nomina conservanda" of the International Botanical Congress (Vienna), and under that name the plants are treated in Vol. II. One species, variously Known as Camassia esculenta, Quamasia esculenta and Q. hyacinthina, is native in the eastern United States, but the most showy species are from the Pacific side of the continent. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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