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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Camassia scilloides
FAMILY
Agavaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Camassia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Camassia scilloides
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Camassia scilloides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Camassia scilloides
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-27-001:
Camassia scilloides FAMILY Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Quamasia hyacinthina
COMMON NAME:
Wild Hyacinth, Eastern Camas Lily, Quamash Lily
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_casc5_008_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_quhy2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090404_092
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
Leaves are grasslike and basal, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm090404_093
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm160428_193
April Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_camassia_scilloides
April
Six similar perianth parts, spreading and narrowed to a claw at the base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_camassia_scilloides_4
April
Flowers are light blue, an unusual color for the Lily family, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Steve Marlow snm090405_004
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm0405g_23
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0505l_33
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Capsule broader than long, perianth persistent but withering, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm160516_766
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Capsules deciduous, pale green to light brown, subglobose, 6-10mm, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm160516_769
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Camassia scilloides
FAMILY
Agavaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Camassia scilloides
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Camassia scilloides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Camassia scilloides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-27-001:
Camassia scilloides
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Quamasia hyacinthina
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests, over circumneutral soils, in GA, VA, and WV on limestone, in NC on slopes and natural levees along the Roanoke River, in SC over gabbro, and westward in circumneutral prairies, oak savannas, calcareous glades and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (plant scapose)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue/Whitish
Radially symmetrical
6 persistent tepals
6 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Pale green to light brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p123
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p113
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p223
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p283
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p332
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p429
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p432
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p243
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p355
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p410
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p013
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