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Camassia scilloides

wild hyacinth

Other common names
Eastern camass
false hyacinth
see moreindigo squill
meadow hyacinth
Synonyms
Camassia fraseri
Camassia hyacinthina
see moreCamassia esculenta (Ker Gawl.) Coville
Botanical details
Family
Asparagaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Camassia

Genus description

Camassia are bulbous perennials with narrow, channelled leaves and erect racemes of star-shaped violet-blue or creamy-white flowers in early summer

Name status

Correct

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