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Lilly (Liliaceae)

ISM Herbarium : Prairie Herbs : Lilly (Liliaceae)

Camassia scilloides (Wild Hyacinth)
This specimen of Wild Hyacinth shows the entire plant from small bulb to flower cluster. Wild Hyacinth grows in dry to mesic prairies and flowers in the spring. It reaches one foot in height. The individually stalked fowers reach an inch in width.

Collection of the Illinois State Museum
ISM Herbarium Sheet #: 95954

<i>Camassia scilloides</i> (Wild Hyacinth)

ISM Herbarium : Prairie Herbs : Lilly (Liliaceae)

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