The way you distinguish Camassia cusickii from C. leichtlinii is to observe the withered flowers. In cusickii the tepals wither separately to the base, and in leichtlinii the tepals twist around and remain kuind of clasping the ovary. Hitchcock & Cronquist's Flora of Oregon also remarks that the bulbs of C. cusickii are "ill-smelling, very mucilaginous and foul-tasting," while those of C. leichtlinii are relatively inoffensive. C. quamash was the one most used for food. Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA On 5/21/2020 10:43 AM, Judy Glattstein via pbs wrote: > Don't remember when or where I obtained this camassia but it was a > while ago. In my garden notes I seem to refer to it as Camassia > cusickii and also as C. leichtlinii 'Alba' Anyone have an opinion? TIA > > Judy in beautifully sunny New Jersey where there was just a night in > the high 30s Fahrenheit. In middling late May! And all the cannas > nicely tucked away in the garage are demanding to be planted. Why oh > why did I save everything - CC musaefolia, flaccida Purpurea, > Tropicana and Pretoria (unless it is actually Bengal Tiger) that I dug > last fall? Multiple storage crates, now needing to fill multiple pots. > Perhaps I shall keep a machete by the front door . . . > > > > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…