Liliaceae Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory

Atlantic Camas

Gosiute - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 364

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Scientific name: Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory
USDA symbol: CASC5 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Atlantic Camas
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Gosiute
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Bulbs roasted in pits lined with hot stones and eaten.

RECRD: 4586 id: 7899

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