Index / Search / Camassia scilloides
§1 Plant
Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory
vernacular Atlantic camas — species · Liliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Liliaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Camassia
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 490 counties across 24 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 100 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.2–6.5
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 2.5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Blue
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Spring
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Propagation
- seed, bulb
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 490 counties across 24 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Lawrence 05075
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sebastian 05131
- Sharp 05135
- Stone 05137
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 72 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Boone 17007
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Fulton 17057
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Sangamon 17167
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Benton 18007
- Boone 18011
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- Delaware 18035
- Fayette 18041
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Gibson 18051
- Grant 18053
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Harrison 18061
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Johnson 18081
- Lake 18089
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Martin 18101
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Pike 18125
- Porter 18127
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Shelby 18145
- Spencer 18147
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Union 18161
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Franklin 20059
- Greenwood 20073
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Ottawa 20143
- Shawnee 20177
- Wilson 20205
Kentucky view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Anderson 21005
- Bath 21011
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carroll 21041
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Crittenden 21055
- Fayette 21067
- Franklin 21073
- Garrard 21079
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Lee 21129
- Lincoln 21137
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Mason 21161
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Perry 21193
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Spencer 21215
- Trimble 21223
- Warren 21227
- Washington 21229
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Linn 29115
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Monroe 29137
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Saline 29195
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hardin 39065
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Miami 39109
- Morrow 39117
- Muskingum 39119
- Noble 39121
- Ottawa 39123
- Perry 39127
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Putnam 39137
- Ross 39141
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Union 39159
- Van Wert 39161
- Warren 39165
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Cheatham 47021
- Clay 47027
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lawrence 47099
- Macon 47111
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Montgomery 47125
- Moore 47127
- Putnam 47141
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Smith 47159
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Trousdale 47169
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Bosque 48035
- Brazos 48041
- Brown 48049
- Burnet 48053
- Coleman 48083
- Collin 48085
- Comal 48091
- Comanche 48093
- Cooke 48097
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- Eastland 48133
- Erath 48143
- Fayette 48149
- Gillespie 48171
- Grayson 48181
- Hamilton 48193
- Hays 48209
- Johnson 48251
- Lamar 48277
- Lee 48287
- McLennan 48309
- Mills 48333
- Montague 48337
- Palo Pinto 48363
- Parker 48367
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- San Augustine 48405
- Stephens 48429
- Tarrant 48439
- Travis 48453
Virginia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 9 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CASC5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2769112 ↗Record version
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