Liliaceae Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene

Small Camas

Hesquiat - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 54

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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: Hesquiat
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Steamed or boiled bulbs dipped in dogfish oil or whale oil before being eaten.

RECRD: 584 id: 7859

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