Liliaceae Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene

Small Camas

Salish, Coast - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 74

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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: Salish, Coast
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Bulbs pit steamed and eaten immediately as the most important vegetable food.

RECRD: 47480 id: 7887

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