Camassia quamash subsp. quamash

This subspecies is accepted

The native range of this subspecies is W. Canada to NW. U.S.A. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming

Anthericum esculentum (Nutt.) Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 84 (1825)
Camassia esculenta (Nutt.) Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1486 (1832)
Camassia quamash f. albiflora A.Henry in Ottawa Naturalist 31: 57 (1917)
Camassia quamash f. pallida H.St.John in Fl. S.-E. Washington: 88 (1937)
Camassia quamash subsp. teapeae (H.St.John) H.St.John in Fl. S.-E. Washington, ed. 2: 538 (1956)
Camassia quamash subsp. typica Gould in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 28: 730 (1942), not validly publ.
Camassia teapeae H.St.John in Fl. S.-E. Washington: 88 (1937)
Cyanotris angustifolia Raf. in Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 192 (1819)
Phalangium esculentum Nutt. in Cat. Pl. Upper Louisiana 3: 59 (1813), nom. subnud.
Phalangium esculentum Nutt. in Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 219 (1818)
Quamasia esculenta (Nutt.) Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 2: 26 (1837)
Sitocodium esculentum (Nutt.) Salisb. in Gen. Pl.: 27 (1866), not validly publ.

Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 2023. 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

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