Common Names: Small Camas, Common Camas

USDA & ITIS lists 8 subspecies of which 4 are found in WA state primarily based on color and location.
ssp. azurea: (Small Camas) WA, BC; Note: petals are curved upward but no incurved. Pale blueish-violet to white tepals, veined, Found in prairies - grassy clearings from Pierce to Grays Harbor Counties.
ssp. breviflora: (Small Camas) WA, OR, CA, NV; Note: smaller, green-yellow anthers, sc & se WA through e OR to n CA
ssp. breviflora: (Small Camas) OR
ssp. linearis: (Small Camas) CA
ssp. maxima: (Small Camas) WA, OR, BC; Note: Flowers are deep blue-violet, petals often spreading. Found sw BC to w WA.
ssp. quamash: (Small Camas) WA, OR, ID, MT, BC, AB; Note: deep violet-blue tepals, 5 veined. Common to e WA Cascades to s BC.
ssp. utahensis: (Utah Small Camas) OR, ID, MT, UT, CO
ssp. walpolei: (Walpole's Small Camas) OR

south Puget Sound Prairie; north Puget Sound
TRAIL: Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve; Lighthouse Point
HABITAT: lowland prairie; cliffside meadow
ELEVATION: 70 m (240 ft.); 5 m (15 ft.)
BLOOM TIME: 07-MAY; 17-APR