Camassia quamash subsp. intermedia Gould

Small camas (en)

Subspecies

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Camassia > Camassia quamash

Characteristics

Leaves 6–13 mm wide, not glaucous. Flowers usually zygomorphic; tepals withering separately after anthesis, pale bluish violet, each usually 5-or 7-veined, occasionally 3-veined in outer whorls, 20–35 × 5 mm; anthers bright yellow, 5–7 mm; fruiting pedicel strongly incurving, with capsules closely appressed to raceme axes, 35–60 mm. Capsules 7–19 mm. Seeds 6–10 per locule.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.8
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Camassia quamash subsp. intermedia world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:43760-2
WFO ID wfo-0000762891
COL ID 5G5GN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Camassia quamash subsp. intermedia Camassia quamash var. intermedia