Introductory
SPECIES: Camassia quamash | Common Camas 



ABBREVIATION : 
CAMQUA

SYNONYMS : 
   Camassia esculenta Lindl.
   Quamassia quamash (Pursh) Coville


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   CAQU2


COMMON NAMES : 
   common camas
   camas
   blue camas
   western camas
   camas lily
   quamash


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of common camas is Camassia
quamash (Pursh) Greene (Liliaceae) [8,12,13,25].  Recognized subspecies
are as follows [13,24]:

C. q. ssp. azurea (A. Heller) Gould
C. q. ssp. breviflora Gould
C. q. ssp. intermedia Gould
C. q. ssp. linearis (Pursh) Greene
C. q. ssp. maxima Gould
C. q. ssp. quamash
C. q. ssp. utahensis (Pursh) Greene
C. q. ssp. walpolei (Piper) Gould 


LIFE FORM : 
Forb

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Janet L. Howard, April 1993


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Howard, Janet L. 1993. Camassia quamash. In: Remainder of Citation

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