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Camas (Camassia quamash)

Camas (Camassia quamash)

This photograph was taken May 12, 2012 on a meadow at an altitude of about 1,400 feet (about 430 meters) near Leavenworth, Washington.

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae /Angiosperms /Monocots ORDER: Asparagales FAMILY: Asparagaceae GENUS: Camassia SPECIES: quamash

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References:

Taylor, Ronald J. and George W. Douglas, MOUNTAIN PLANTS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, ISBN 0-87842-314-1, 1995.

Lyons, C.P., TREES, SHRUBS AND FLOWERS TO KNOW IN WASHINGTON, Evergreen Press, Vancouver, Canada, 1956.