[The Genus Camassia in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Common Camas

Camassia quamash ssp. maxima

Synonym: Camassia quamash var. maxima

Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. maxima

Common camas (ssp. maxima) as seen along the Chinook Trail #808B on the west side of Silver Star Mountain, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.........June 3, 2016. Note the spreading pedicels, the withering tepals that do not wrap around the overy, and the individual tepals with at least 7 veins, which help identify this subspecies.

Flowers of Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. maxima (Synonym: Camassia quamash var. maxima) - Inflorescence of Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. maxima (Synonym: Camassia quamash var. maxima) - Flower of Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. maxima (Synonym: Camassia quamash var. maxima)

Close-up images of the flowers of common camas (ssp. maxima) as seen along the Chinook Trail #808B on the west side of Silver Star Mountain, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.........June 3, 2016. Note the spreading pedicels, the withering tepals that do not wrap around the overy, and the individual tepals with at least 7 veins, which help identify this subspecies.
Paul Slichter