OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Camassia scilloides   FAMILY Agavaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Camassia scilloides   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Camassia scilloides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Camassia scilloides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-27-001:

Camassia scilloides   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Quamasia hyacinthina

 

COMMON NAME:
Wild Hyacinth, Eastern Camas Lily, Quamash Lily


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image of Camassia scilloides, Wild Hyacinth, Eastern Camas Lily, Quamash Lily

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_casc5_008_lvd

        

image of Camassia scilloides, Wild Hyacinth, Eastern Camas Lily, Quamash Lily

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_quhy2_001_lvd

        

image of Camassia scilloides, Wild Hyacinth, Eastern Camas Lily, Quamash Lily

JK Marlow    jkm090404_092

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

Leaves are grasslike and basal, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Camassia scilloides, Wild Hyacinth, Eastern Camas Lily, Quamash Lily

JK Marlow    jkm090404_093

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

image of Camassia scilloides, Wild Hyacinth, Eastern Camas Lily, Quamash Lily

JK Marlow    jkm160428_193

April    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Camassia scilloides, Wild Hyacinth, Eastern Camas Lily, Quamash Lily

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_camassia_scilloides

April        

Six similar perianth parts, spreading and narrowed to a claw at the base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Camassia scilloides, Wild Hyacinth, Eastern Camas Lily, Quamash Lily

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_camassia_scilloides_4

April        

Flowers are light blue, an unusual color for the Lily family, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Camassia scilloides, Wild Hyacinth, Eastern Camas Lily, Quamash Lily

Steve Marlow    snm090405_004

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

image of Camassia scilloides, Wild Hyacinth, Eastern Camas Lily, Quamash Lily

JK Marlow    jkm0405g_23

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Camassia scilloides, Wild Hyacinth, Eastern Camas Lily, Quamash Lily

JK Marlow    jkm0505l_33

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Capsule broader than long, perianth persistent but withering, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Camassia scilloides, Wild Hyacinth, Eastern Camas Lily, Quamash Lily

JK Marlow    jkm160516_766

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Capsules deciduous, pale green to light brown, subglobose, 6-10mm, per Flora of North America.

image of Camassia scilloides, Wild Hyacinth, Eastern Camas Lily, Quamash Lily

JK Marlow    jkm160516_769

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Camassia scilloides   FAMILY Agavaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Camassia scilloides   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Camassia scilloides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Camassia scilloides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-27-001:
Camassia scilloides   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Quamasia hyacinthina

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests, over circumneutral soils, in GA, VA, and WV on limestone, in NC on slopes and natural levees along the Roanoke River, in SC over gabbro, and westward in circumneutral prairies, oak savannas, calcareous glades and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (plant scapose)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue/Whitish
Radially symmetrical
6 persistent tepals
6 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Pale green to light brown
Capsule

 

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