| Scientific Name: | Camassia spp. and cvs. |
| Common Name: | camas, wild hyacinth |
| Family Name: | Asparagaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, North America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x < 0.1m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Cut flower or foliage, Perennial border, Spring interest, Wild flower garden, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Blue, Violet, Purple, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Jun-Jul |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves linear, most 20-80cm long x 1.5-4cm wide, drooping; flowers with six tepals, white to pale lilac to blue-violet to deep purple, in erect racemes 30-125cm tall in May. | |