GENERAL:
Common Name: blue camas
Perennial
Family: Liliaceae
Plant Height: 8-20"
Root Type: bulb
Bloom Time: late spring
Native Habitat: meadows and fields that are wet in the spring but moderately dry in late summer
GROWING INFO:
Soil: likes large amounts of organic material
Light: full sun
Water: needs ample moisture in spring when it is actively growing, the moderately dry in late summer
Germination: plant in the fall barely covering seed, high germination rate
Native Range Map (Color Key):
Map Courtesy of: Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2011. North American Plant Atlas (http://www.bonap.org/MapSwitchboard.html). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2010. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].