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

Large camas as seen in vernally moist swales atop Upper Table Rock to the northwest of Medford, OR.........April 28, 2012.

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.

Great camas blooming in a ditch alongside the Springwater Trail at restored wetlands at the southeast corner of Powell Butte, Gresham, OR.....May 13, 2023. Note the long tepals twisted around the maturing fruits and the bilateral symmetry of the flowers which help differentiate this from Camassia quamash ssp. maxima which can also be found in the east Portand and west Gresham, OR area.

Large camas going to fruit as seen (left) in Kingston Prairie Nature Preserve to the southeast of Salem, OR........June 2006. The photos at center and right shows large camas blooming at Lacamas Prairie NAP in southeastern Clark County, WA.......May 21, 2016.

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.

What appears to be Suksdorf's large camas as seen in a vernally moist meadow at the Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Wayside to the southwest of Selma, Oregon.........April 29, 2012. Note the withering tepals which appear to twist and wrap around each other.

What appears to be Suksdorf's large camas in bloom in the webmasters garden (bulbs planted in mid 1990s), Gresham, OR........May 11, 2019.

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