Plant Details

Accepted name:: Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

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

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anthericum nuttallianum Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 477 (1829).
Camassia esculenta (Ker Gawl.) B.L.Rob. Rhodora 10: 31 (1908), nom. illeg.
Camassia fraseri Torr. Pacif. Railr. Rep. Whipple, Bot. 4(5; 4): 91 (1857).
Camassia gawleri Torr. Pacif. Railr. Rep. Pope, Bot. 2(2): 323 (1855).
Camassia hyacinthina (Raf.) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 502 (1935).
Camassia scilloides f. candida McGregor Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 60: 161 (1957).
Camassia scilloides f. petersenii Steyerm. Rhodora 40: 178 (1938).
Camassia scilloides f. variegata Steyerm. Rhodora 51: 116 (1949).
Cyanotris scilloides Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 1: 356 (1817).
Lemotrys hyacinthina Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 51 (1837).
Ornithogalum nuttallianum (Schult. & Schult.f.) Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 372 (1843).
Ornithogalum texanum Scheele Linnaea 23: 146 (1850).
Oxytria texana (Scheele) Pollard Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 407 (1897).
Phalangium croceum Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 220 (1818), nom. illeg.
Phalangium luteum Nutt. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 372 (1843), pro syn.
Quamasia hyacinthina (Raf.) Britton in N.L.Britton & A.Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. 1: 423 (1896).
Quamasia scilloides (Raf.) Raf. First Cat. Gard. Transylv. Univ.: 15 (1824).
Schoenolirion texanum (Scheele) A.Gray Amer. Naturalist 10: 427 (1876).
Scilla esculenta Ker Gawl. Bot. Mag. 38: t. 1574 (1813).
Scilla fraseri (Torr.) A.Gray Manual, ed. 5: 533 (1867).
Stilla carolinensis W.Young Cat. Arbr. Amer.: 55 (1783), nom. nud.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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