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    Camassia is a genus of plants in the asparagus family native to North America. Common names include camas, quamash, Indian hyacinth, camash, and wild hyacinth...
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    Camassia quamash, commonly known as camas, kwetlal, small camas, common camas, common camash or quamash, is a perennial herb. It is native to western North...
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  • The botanical name Camassia esculenta is a non-accepted name that may refer to two separate species of the genus Camassia; Camassia quamash subsp. quamash...
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    Camassia cusickii, common name Cusick's camas or Cusick's quamash, is a species of plant in the family Asparagaceae (subfamily Agavoideae). It is native...
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    Camassia leichtlinii, the great camas or large camas, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. This herbaceous perennial is native to...
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    Camassia scilloides is a perennial herb known commonly as Atlantic camas, wild hyacinth, and eastern camas. It is native to the eastern half of North America...
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  • Camassia angusta, the prairie camas or prairie hyacinth, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. It is native to the central US; Kansas...
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    Camassia howellii, commonly known as Howell's camas, is a species of perennial flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae endemic to western Oregon. Discovered...
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    the western United States, and are named for the native perennial camas (Camassia}. The culturally and scientifically significant of these areas lie within...
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    (eddoe or Japanese potato) Bulb Allium cepa (onion) Allium sativum (garlic) Camassia quamash (blue camas) Foeniculum vulgare (fennel) Rhizome Curcuma longa...
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  • Camas may refer to: Camassia, a plant genus native to North America, particularly: Camassia quamash, also called kwetlal, native to southern Canada and...
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    Asparagus, Agave, Beaucarnea (ponytail "palms"), Chlorophytum (spider-plants), Camassia, Dasylirion (sotols), Hesperaloe (Texan or red yuccas) and Yucca (Joshua...
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    64 percent of federal land. Common trees and plants in the region are camassia, Douglas fir, hemlock, penstemon, ponderosa pine, western red cedar, and...
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    neighborhoods. [citation needed] The Nature Conservancy maintains the Camassia Natural Area in central West Linn as one of its conservancy preserves....
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    food, and salmon, and trout were staples. Gooseberries and camas root, Camassia quamash are traditional vegetable foods for the Lemhi Shoshone. In the...
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  • garden asparagus Brodiaea coronaria ― bluedick brodiea Camassia quamash ― common camas Camassia leichtlinii ― large camas Dichelostemma congestum ― ookow...
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    was the bulb Camassia, a member of the asparagus family. Indigenous peoples engaged in the active management and cultivation of camassia by clearing land...
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    known as "The Gateway to the Uinta Mountains". Kamas derives its name from Camassia quamash, a flowering grass that grows in the region and was a source of...
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    partition of Blaine County on February 6. It is named for the camas root, or Camassia, a lily-like plant with an edible bulb found in the region, that Native...
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    (Agave spp.) Banana and plantain (Musaceae) Burdock (Arctium lappa) Camas (Camassia spp.) Chicory (Cichorium intybus) Coneflower (Echinacea spp.) Costus (Saussurea...
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    Anthericaceae Behnia Didr. Behniaceae, Philesiaceae Beschorneria Kunth Camassia Lindl. Chlorogalaceae, Hyacinthaceae Chlorogalum (Lindl.) Kunth Chlorogalaceae...
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    phylogenetic studies based on molecular evidence, suggested that, along with Camassia, Chlorogalum seemed to be most closely related to Agave and Anthericum...
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    Women gathered a large variety of edible vegetables and fruits, including camassia, bitterroot, kouse root, serviceberry, chokecherry, huckleberry, and wild...
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    Botanical Garden recommends tickweed, spotted jewelweed, mealycup sage, Camassia, spring starflower, ostrich fern, sideoats grama, Bouteloua curtipendula...
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    contained up to 1.5 million plants and bulbs. The site had 7,000 American camassias, 48,000 scillas, and 50,000 narcissi, while the fair's central mall alone...
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  • vulgaris Burdock Arctium lappa Broadleaf arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia Camas Camassia Canna Canna Carrot Daucus carota Cassumunar ginger Zingiber cassumunar...
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    Salisb. Brodiaeoideae Brodiaea Sm. Nolinoideae Calibanus Rose Agavoideae Camassia Lindl. Nolinoideae Campylandra Baker Lomandroideae Chamaexeros Benth. Scilloideae...
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  • formerly classified together in the genus Zigadenus, and the edible camases (Camassia), with which they also often share habitat. Other common names for these...
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  • Brassica oleracea alboglabra, kai-lan Bunias orientalis, Turkish rocket Camassia spp., camas Canna edulis, achira Capparis spinosa, capers Capsicum baccatum...
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    Retrieved 24 January 2014. Turner, Nancy; Kuhnlein, Harriet V. (1983). "Camas (Camassia spp.) and riceroot (Fritillaria spp.): two Liliaceous "root" foods of the...
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