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Camassia quamash; Camassia leichtlinii
white florets on a foot-high stem; leaves like grass but wider, coming from the center from the ground
grass
At first I thought this was the poison false camas, but a local Native person told me that camas comes in this color in that area, and the plant is far more like the real camas than like the death camas, other than the color of the flowers. It turns out that the white form is native only to this Umpqua River valley.
Thanks for the help, Jerzer. I know there are several varieties of camas that grow in the Northwest, but I'm still learning all their names. Can't seem to find info on what differentiates cusickii from quamash--do you know?