Common Camas, Small Camas
Camassia quamash ssp. quamash
Synoyms: Camassia quamash ssp. teapeae, Camassia quamash var. quamash, Phalangium quamash
A close-up of the inflorescence of common camas (var. quamash) as seen at Four Sisters west of The Dalles, Oregon..........May 3, 2013 Note the lower tepal which curves outwards..
Vernally moist camas meadows at Four Sisters west of The Dalles, Oregon..........May 3, 2013.
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Common camas (variety quamash) as seen at Four Sisters west of The Dalles, OR..........April 21, 2013.
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What appears to be common camas (var. quamash) as seen in moist vernal swales at Catherine Creek, Columbia River Gorge..........April 8, 2014.
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Common camas (ssp. quamash) as seen at Brooks Memorial State Park, northern Klickitat County, WA...........May 19, 2014 (left) and April 28, 2014 (right). The petals wither separately and do not twist together over the ovary.
Common camas (ssp. quamash) as seen in vernally moist swales at Catherine Creek, Columbia River Gorge............May 2, 2014.
Common camas (ssp. quamash) as seen in vernally moist swales near the South Klickitat Breaks Road, Klickitat Wildlife Area...........May 17, 2014. Note the tepals that don't twist together as they whither and that several of the upper pedicels have begun to turn sharply upward.
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Common camas (ssp. quamash) blooming in vernally moist swales at Catherine Creek...........April 13, 2016.
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Common camas (ssp. quamash) as seen in moist swales just west of the junction of Dell Road and old US Highway 30, Wasco County, OR........April 24, 2016.
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Common camas (ssp. quamash) blooming in wetlands between Little Bowman and Canyon Creeks, Klickitat Wildlife Area.......May 17, 2017.
Paul Slichter