Liliaceae Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene

Small Camas

Clallam - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Fleisher, Mark S., 1980, The Ethnobotany of the Clallam Indians of Western Washington, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 14(2):192-210, page 196

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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: Clallam
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Bulbs cooked in pits with meat.

RECRD: 44603 id: 7853

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