Plant Details

Accepted name:: Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 8

Camassia quamash subsp. azurea (A.Heller) Gould

Camassia quamash subsp. breviflora Gould

Camassia quamash subsp. intermedia Gould

Camassia quamash subsp. linearis Gould

Camassia quamash subsp. maxima Gould

Camassia quamash subsp. quamash

Camassia quamash subsp. utahensis Gould

Camassia quamash subsp. walpolei (Piper) Gould

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
small camas	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anthericum quamash (Pursh) Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 54 (1821).
Camassia leichtlinii var. watsonii M.E.Jones Contr. W. Bot. 14: 29 (1912).
Phalangium quamash Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 226 (1813).
Quamasia quamash (Pursh) Coville Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 11: 64 (1898).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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