Liliaceae Camassia leichtlinii (Baker) S. Wats.

Large Camas

Salish, Halkomelem - Other, Cash Crop

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 83

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Scientific name: Camassia leichtlinii (Baker) S. Wats.
USDA symbol: CALEL6 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Large Camas
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Salish, Halkomelem
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Cash Crop
Notes: Bulbs traded to the Nootka and Nitinaht tribes.

RECRD: 47200 id: 7842

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