Camassia
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Species
small camas
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyAsparagaceae
Native toAlabama, Alberta, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky
Observations15,778
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Research
22 papers- Disentangling complex relationships and disjunctions in western Camassia: Integrating multiple criteria to resolve taxonomic boundaries.American journal of botany · 2025
- Comparative Analysis of Growth Traits and Metabolic Profiles in Camassia Cultivars 'Alba' and 'Caerulea' Under Varying Cultivation Conditions.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
- Harvesting strategies as evidence for 4000 years of camas (Camassia quamash) management in the North American Columbia Plateau.Royal Society open science · 2021
- Phylogenetics within Camassia (Asparagaceae): examining difficult taxonomy and unusual variation using genomic restriction-site-associated DNA sequencing data.PeerJ · 2026
- Effects of traditional harvest and burning on common camas (Camassia quamash) abundance in Northern Idaho: The potential for traditional resource management in a protected area wetland.Ecology and evolution · 2021
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Agavoideae
- Image
- Camassia cusickii3.jpg
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- P105
- genus
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy and species
- Species
- Synonyms
- Cultivation and uses
- Indigenous methods of cultivation
- Food use
- Ornamental use
- Place names
- Role in indigenous trade and culture
- Theories of anthropogenic dispersal
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|upright=0.8|Cusick's camas (Camassia cusickii) thumb|right|Common camas (Camassia quamash ssp. quamash)
Camassia is a genus of plants in the asparagus family native to North America. Common names include camas, quamash, Indian hyacinth, camash, and wild hyacinth.