Liliaceae Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene

Small Camas

Okanagan-Colville - Food, Sauce & Relish

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 41

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Scientific name: Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene
USDA symbol: CAQUQ (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Small Camas
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Sauce & Relish
Notes: Bulbs pit cooked, dried, ground and mixed with water and butter to make a 'gravy.'

RECRD: 12231 id: 7876

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