General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Herb/Forb
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
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| Fruit: |
Dehiscent
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| Flowers: |
Showy
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| Flower Time: |
Spring
Late spring or early summer
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| Underground structures: |
Bulb
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| Uses: |
Vegetable
Cut Flower
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| Wildlife Attractant: |
Bees
Butterflies
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| Propagation: Other methods: |
Other: Scale bulblet propagation
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- Quamash
- Camas
- Camas Lily
- Camash
- Indian Hyacinth
Posted by
jmorth (central Illinois) on Feb 6, 2015 12:02 AM concerning plant:
Camassias may be forced indoors over winter. Quamash needs 15 to 17 weeks of cold treatment (35 to 48 degrees). After removal from cold cycle, best set pot to bloom in sunny or well lighted area where temperatures aren't too high (ideally around 60 - 65 degress); bloom will appear around 3 weeks later.
Just in case you're starving, the native quamash bulbs are edible; Lewis and Clark ate them during their historic exploratory expedition to the Pacific Ocean in 1803.
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| Illinois? by dave |
Apr 27, 2014 12:51 PM |
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![Location: This plant was labeled as Camassia esculenta...having an extended range, found in Kentucky, Louisiana, on the shores of Lakes Huron and Erie, and in the valleys of the Rocky Mountains, etc. [translation from the French is mine]
Date: c. 1847
illustration from 'Flore des serres et jardins...', 1847](/pics/2022-06-07/scvirginia/e3280b-250.jpg "Location: This plant was labeled as Camassia esculenta...having an extended range, found in Kentucky, Louisiana, on the shores of Lakes Huron and Erie, and in the valleys of the Rocky Mountains, etc. [translation from the French is mine]
Date: c. 1847
illustration from 'Flore des serres et jardins...', 1847")
