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
· 128 counties across 11 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 128 counties across 11 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 ▾
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 ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 8 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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