Camassia quamash, commonly known as camas, small camas, common camas, common camash or quamash, is a perennial herb. It is one species of the genus Camassia and is native to western North America in large areas of southern Canada and the northwestern United States, from British Columbia and Alberta to California and east from Washington state to Montana and Wyoming.
Other Names: Камассия Квамаш, ヒナユリ, Ätlig Stjärnhyacint
Camassia quamash maxima is a subspecies of plants with 44 observations
Other Names: Camassia quamash subs
Camassia quamash quamash is a subspecies of plants with 43 observations
Camassia quamash breviflora is a subspecies of plants with 43 observations
Camassia quamash azurea is a subspecies of plants with 2 observations
Camassia quamash intermedia is a subspecies of plants with 2 observations
Camassia quamash linearis is a subspecies of plants with 1 observation
Camassia quamash walpolei is a subspecies of plants with 1 observation
Camassia quamash utahensis is a subspecies of plants with 0 observations
The Kootenay Camas Project is a citizen-science initiative that seeks to focus attention on the ethnobotanical and natural importance of Camassia quamash (common camas) in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia. Camas was an important part of First Nations' cultures who gathered, ate a...
We are hoping to learn about camas phenology and distribution throughout Western North America Common camas, Camassia quamash, is a native perennial herb with edible bulbs in the lily family. The beautiful blue flowers grow in moist meadows and prairies in southern British Columbia and the nor...
Named for the common camas (Camassia quamash) which profusely blooms here in April and early May, this preserve hosts more than 300 plant species. The rocky plateau was exposed 12,000- 19,000 years ago when the Bretz Floods poured down the present Columbia River Gorge and far into the Willamette...