This herbaceous perennial has large tunicate bulbs and upright foliage that forms a clump. It has fleshy long linear dark green leaves and the white to purple star-shaped flowers appear in a terminal cluster above the foliage during early spring.

Hardiness zones 5 to 9

Camassia leichtliniiis naturally found in North America from British Columbia to northern California and east to Wyoming, growing in damp fertile mountain meadows from sea level to an altitude of 1890 m (6,200 ft).

It prefers an open sunny position and grows in most well-drained moderately fertile moist loamy soils with a pH 6.1-7.8 and is frost and mildly drought tolerant.

Camass is grown for its flowers and spreading habit. It is planted along herbaceous borders in small gardens or mass planted in open woodland settings. It is suitable for coastal and low-mountain regions establishing in 3-5 years and is long-lived. It is also planted around water features or used as a container specimen. ID 3438

Note:
Care should be taken as it can become a weed as the seeds self sow readily and the bulbs are deep in the ground making it difficult to eradicate.

Camassia (kah-MAS-ee-ah) leichtlinii(like-TLIN-ee-eye)

Agavaceae (ah-gav-AY-see-ee)