Camassia scilloides
Atlantic camas, eastern camas, wild hyacinth
sometimes clustered, ovoid, 1–3 cm diam.
3–8, 2–6 dm × 5–20 mm.
19–47 cm;
sterile bracts 0–3(–5), bracts subtending flowers shorter than or equaling pedicel.
actinomorphic;
tepals usually withering separately after anthesis, not deciduous, light blue, occasionally whitish, each 3- or 5-veined, 7–15 × 2.6–4.2 mm;
anthers bright yellow, 1.3–3.2 mm; fruiting pedicel mostly spreading to spreading-erect, 5–30 mm.
deciduous, pale green to light brown, subglobose, 6–10 mm.
2–5 per locule.
= 30.
Camassia scilloides
Camassia scilloides flowers two to three weeks earlier than sympatric populations of C. angusta.
The name Schoenolirion texanum was long misapplied to a taxon now correctly known as S. wrightii Sherman.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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