Asparagaceae
Camassia

Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene

First published in Man. Bot. San Francisco: 313 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Canada to W. U.S.A. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alberta, British Columbia, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Thompson, J.W. [563] United States K002170350 No
s.coll. [H/1673/63] K002170362 No
Leiberg, J.B. [1178] United States K002170336 No
Sandberg, J.H.; Leiberg, J.B. [57] United States K002170332 Yes
Saunders, W.W. [s.n.] K002170356 No
Sandberg, J.H.; MacDougal, D.T.; Heller, A.A. [132] United States K002170338 No
Parker, C.S. [443] United States K002170330 Yes
Cronkhite, H.M. [16] United States K002170345 No
Lyall, D. [s.n.] United States K002170344 No
A.A.; Halbach, E.G. [3159] United States K002170337 No
Douglass [s.n.] K002170358 No
Thompson, J.W. [s.n.] United States K002170353 No
Suksdorf, W.N. [s.n.] United States K002170331 Yes
Lyall, D. [s.n.] United States K002170351 No
Elmer, A.D.E. [223] United States K002170333 Yes
Thompson, J.W. [s.n.] United States K002170349 No
Hooker [s.n.] K002170355 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002170361 No
Geyer, C.A. [628] K002170354 No
Lyall, D. [s.n.] United States K002170342 No
MacDougal, D.T. [279] United States K002170335 No
Elmer, A.D.E. [821] United States K002170334 Yes
Bigelow, J.M.; Whipple, A.W. [s.n.] United States K002170343 No
{Dr. S. M.; Zeller, E.B.} [851] United States K002170327 Yes
Sandberg, J.H.; MacDougal, D.T.; Heller, A.A. [132] United States K002170339 No
Thompson, J.W. [2486] United States K002170352 No
Prescott, G.; Thompson, J.W. [s.n.] United States K002170347 No
Thompson, J.W. [5141] United States K002170329 Yes
Macoun, M.A. [1515] Canada K002170325 Yes
Whiting, M.M.; Stewart, K.J. [396] Canada K002170321 Yes
Copeland, E.B. [408] United States K002170341 No
Wood, G.B. [1164] K002170322 Yes
Gumbleton [s.n.] K002170357 No
Rose, L. [s.n.] United States K002170340 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002170348 No
Lyall, D. [s.n.] United States K001730555 No
Grant, J.M. [s.n.] United States K002170328 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002170360 No
Macoun, J. [5958] Canada K002170323 Yes
Burle [s.n.] K002170359 No
Waren, E.M. [s.n.] Canada K002170324 Yes
Lyall, D. [s.n.] United States K002170346 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0