Asparagaceae
Small camas
Camassia quamash
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Camassia
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- كماس مألوف, كماسية
- Chinese
- 北美百合, 克美莲, 卡马百合, 夸马克美莲, 小糠米百合
- Danish
- Spiselig Kamassia
- English
- Small camas, Camas, Quamash, Common camas, Common camash, Qamas
- German
- Essbare Prärielilie, Camas
- Japanese
- カマッシア
- Macedonian
- Обичен камас
- Polish
- Kamasja Leichtlina
- Russian
- Камассия квамаш, Камассия съедобная
Synonyms
- Anthericum quamash (Pursh) Steud.
- Camassia leichtlinii var. watsonii M.E.Jones
- Camassia quamash f. pallida H.St.John
- Camassia quamash f. quamash
- Camassia quamash var. quamash
- Phalangium quamash Pursh
- Quamasia quamash (Pursh) Coville
- Sitocodium esculentum (Nutt.) Salisb.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 6,174 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- blue (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ed Alverson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Diego Blanco, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter L Achuff, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ed Alverson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Walter Fertig, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Abby Hyde, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JLPC, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.