Quamash

Quamash (Camassia) - N. American plants of the Lily order, hardy, handsome, and of easy culture.

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Camassia Cusicki

Camassia Cusicki - rom the Blue Mountains of Oregon, has been described as the most vigorous species yet found with large broad leaves, a stout flower-stem growing 3 feet high, and flowers of a pale delicate blue, large and spreading.

Camassia Esculenta

Camassia Esculenta - uamash) is a native of meadows and marshes in N.W. America, from 1 to 3 feet high, its stalks bearing a loose raceme of from ten to twenty flowers about 2 inches across, the color from deep to pale blue. There is also a pure white, and various other forms thriving in moist situations in a deep light soil.

Eastern Quamash

Eastern Quamash (Camassia Fraseri) - A native of the States east of the Mississippi, its flowers are rather smaller than those of the western species; about 1 1/2 feet high, the scape bearing a raceme of ten to thirty pale blue flowers, each about 1 inch across. It is later in flowering than other Camassias, thriving in a light rich soil.

White Camassia

White Camassia (Camassia Leichtlini) - This often grows on sandy ridge-tops, and is found in dry spots in ravines; its bulbs are generally deep in some stiff soil. The flower-spike is large, bearing creamy white flowers, the stem 3 to 4 feet high. It is vigorous, but not so handsome as the above. British Columbia.