Cusick camas

Quamasia cusickii (S. Watson) Coville

Bulbs clustered, ellipsoid, 2–7 cm diam. Leaves rarely fewer than 10, 2.5–5 dm × 2–5 cm. Inflorescences 50–80 cm; sterile bracts 0, bracts subtending flowers exceeding pedicel. Flowers slightly zygomorphic; tepals withering separately after anthesis, pale blue or bluish violet, each 3(–5)-veined, 25–35 × 3–5 mm; anthers yellow, 3.5–4(–5) mm; fruiting pedicel incurving-erect or slightly spreading, 15–25 mm. Capsules not deciduous, light brown, ovoid or ellipsoid, 15–25 mm. Seeds 5–10 per locule. 2n = 30.

Flowering mid--late spring. Hillsides; 1000--2000 m; Idaho, Oreg.