Complex sentence: Camas grow in the wild in great numbers in moist meadows; they are perennial plants with basal linear leaves measuring 8 to 32 inches (20--80 cm) in length, which emerge early in the spring.
Split into simpler sentences: Camas grow in the wild in great numbers in moist meadows. They are perennial plants with basal linear leaves 20--80 cm long, which emerge early in the spring.