[Camas: The Genus Camassia East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Common Camas, Small Camas

Camassia quamash ssp. quamash

Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash

Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash (Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash)

Common camas (ssp. quamash) blooming at Summit Prairie, Malheur National Forest..........May 28, 2014.

Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash (Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash) - Fruits of Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash (Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash) - Flower of Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash (Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash)

Habitat of Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash (Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash) - Fruiting inflorescence of Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash (Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash) - Flower of Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash (Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash)

Common camas (ssp. quamash) blooming in moist swales (shallow potholes) along the old Sprague Highway about two miles west of Fishtrap Lake in eastern Washington...........May 11, 2016. Individual tepals are 3-veined, the tepals wither separately and the fruits become erect and are held close to the stem as they mature.

Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora (Synonym: Camassia quamash var. breviflora) - Close-up of the inflroescence of Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora (Synonym: Camassia quamash var. breviflora)

Close-up sideview of the flower of Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora (Synonym: Camassia quamash var. breviflora) - Close-up frontal view of a flower of Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora (Synonym: Camassia quamash var. breviflora)

Additional close-up photos of common camas (ssp. quamash) as seen at Summit Prairie, Malheur National Forest..........June 26, 2011.

Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash (Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash) - Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash (Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash)

Common camas (ssp. quamash) blooming at left at Summit Prairie, Malheur National Forest..........May 28, 2014. Note the lower tepals which are not wrapping around the ovary. The photo at right shows a moist meadow of common camas blooming along What Road near the DNR and Wenatchee National Forest boundary north of Cleman Mountain, Yakima County, WA.......May 24, 2019.

Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash (Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash) - Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash (Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash)

Common camas (ssp. quamash) blooming in moist swales along FS Road #1647 in southeastern Logan Valley, Malheur National Forest...........May 30, 2014.

Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash (Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash) - Flower of Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash (Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash) - Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash (Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash)

Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash (Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash) - Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash (Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash)

Habitat of Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash (Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash)

Common camas (ssp. quamash) blooming along the Headquarters and Stubblefield Trails at Turnbull National Wildlife Refgue......May 8, 2019.

Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash (Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash) - Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash (Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash) - Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash (Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash)

Common camas (ssp. quamash) as seen in bloom (left) along a creek at Brooks Memorial State Park near Satus Pass, Washington..........May 11, 2014. The photos at center and at right show common camas (ssp. quamash) finishing their bloom at Camas Land NAP to the southeast of Leavenworth, Washington...........June 6, 2015. These latter two photos show clearly how the tepals wither without concealing the ovary. The photo at right shows how erect and closely appressed to the main stem the maturing fruits are oriented.

Common Camas, Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash (Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash)

The spent tepals of common camas (ssp. quamash) generally wither loosely around the pistil as seen in this photo taken at Brooks Memorial State Park off US 97 near Satus Pass.......May 13, 2019.
Paul Slichter