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Camassia scilloides (Raf. ) Cory Atlantic camas; Camassia esculenta Raf Cory; Quamasia hyacinthina Raf Britton; Eastern Camas; Wild Hyacinth; Eastern camass

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Higher taxa:  Life   Plantae   Monocotyledoneae   Liliaceae   Camassia   Global map IDnature guides: Monocotyledoneae, Plants_Chicago, POPA_USGA, Wildflowers, Wildflowers_Hamblin_County Missouri Botanical Garden We parsed the following live from the Web into this page. Such content is managed by its original site and not cached on Discover Life. Please send feedback and corrections directly to the source. See original regarding copyrights and terms of use. Plants Database, United States Department of Agriculture

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Overview

This perennial grows 12 to 36 inches tall. There are many long, grass-like leaves at the base and sometimes a pair of very small leaves, less than an inch long, halfway up the stem. The purple or pale blue flowers are in a cluster (raceme) at the top of the long stem, each bloom about 2 to 3 cm wide. They bloom over several weeks, beginning with those at the bottom of the cluster, progressing upwards. The large and noticeable anthers are yellow, and the green ovary is clearly above the petals.

Names

Scientific source:       Integrated Taxonomic Information System This species has been reported on the Seven Sinkholes Trail.

References

Horn, Dennis and Tavia Cathcart. Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians: The Official Field Guide of the Tennessee Native Plant Society. Lone Pine Publishing, 2005. Newcomb, Lawrence. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977.

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