Camassia cusickii S.Watson

Cusick's camas (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Camassia

Characteristics

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.
More
A bulb plant.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate to subtropical plant. It suits hardiness zones 3-11.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible bulbs roots saps
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Camassia cusickii flower picture by Linda Racicot (cc-by-sa)
Camassia cusickii flower picture by John John Hardham (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Camassia cusickii world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:532514-1
WFO ID wfo-0000762870
COL ID Q93G
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Quamasia cusickii Camassia cusickii