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Camassia angusta (Engelmann & A. Gray) Blankinship. Common name: Prairie Camas. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Mesic upland prairies, oak savannas, rocky woodlands. Distribution: Wc. IN, IL, e. IA south through MO, e. KS, c. and w. AR, OK to se. and c. TX. This species is very rare in TX and overreported because of misidentifications of C. scilloides.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, FNA26, K4, Mo1, NS, Ok, POWO; < Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory — C, ETx1, F, Tx; < Quamasia hyacintha (Raf.) Britton — S13. Basionym: Scilla angusta Engelm. & A.Gray 1845

Links to other floras: = Camassia angusta - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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