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Monday, December 12, 2011
September 18, 1805
Please find an interesting piece of information about camas root and share your learning by commenting on this post.
A Camas root comes from a Camas flower.
ReplyDeleteNone of the native western bulbs is more important to our region than the camas.
ReplyDeleteA Camas root is an edible root of a blue Camas flower.
ReplyDeleteOriginally,Camas bulbs were almost always pit-cooked.
ReplyDeleteYou can eat the root of a Camas flower.
ReplyDeleteThe Camas flower is a member of the lily family and was unknown to people before the Lewis and Clark journey.
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