[Camas West of the Cascade Mountains]

Large Camas, Suksdorf's Large Camas, Leichtlin's Camas

Camassia leichtlinii ssp. suksdorfii

Large Camas, Suksdorf's Large Camas: Camassia leichtlinii ssp. suksdorfii

A close-up of the flower of large camas as seen in Kingston Prairie Nature Preserve to the southeast of Salem, OR.....................June 2006.

Whithered tepals of large camas: Camassia leichtlinii ssp. suksdorfii

A close-up of the whithering flower of large camas as seen in Kingston Prairie Nature Preserve to the southeast of Salem, OR.....................June 2006. The tepals of this species tend to twist together over the ovary after blooming.

Large Camas: Camassia leichtlinii ssp. suksdorfii

Large camas going to fruit as seen in Kingston Prairie Nature Preserve to the southeast of Salem, OR.....................June 2006.

Large Camas, Suksdorf's Large Camas: Camassia leichtlinii ssp. suksdorfii

A close-up of the flowers of Suksdorf's large camas as seen at the webmaster's garden in Gresham, OR................April 25, 2005. This species has tepals that are generally all the same size and shape while common camas (Camassia quamash) has several irregular tepals.

Large Camas: Camassia leichtlinii ssp. suksdorfii

White-flowered large camas as seen in Camassia Nature Preserve in West Linn, OR.

 


Paul Slichter