Camas on the Camas Prairie

Camassia quamash

Camas usually blooms from late April to late June on the Camas Prairie, with the best color from mid-May into early June.

late April – late June Best: mid-May into early June Out of season

The show usually starts around late April. Check back closer to the season.

Based on reports from iNaturalist naturalists. 316 flowering reports from Idaho shape this curve. The shaded band marks the best weeks; the dashed line is this week.

Where to see them

For a few weeks the wet meadows read as blue lakes — the same sight that stopped Lewis and Clark's journals mid-page. Fairfield's marsh is the easy drive-up view.

Camas Prairie Centennial Marsh Wildlife Management Area (Fairfield)
Weippe Prairie (Nez Perce National Historical Park)

We name public reserves, parks, and roads only — never exact pins, never private land.

Updated August 14, 2026. Bloom timing varies with the year's weather — the curve shows the usual rhythm, and in-season updates sharpen it.