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Blue Camas
Camassia spp.
bulbs are edible raw.
bulbs can be roasted or boiled, but are best when slow cooked and dried.
varieties in the Pacific Northwest are
Great camas
(
Camassia leichtlinii
)
and
Common camas
(
Camassia quamash
)
.
grows in moist plains and foothill regions.
warning: do not confuse bulbs with those of the poisonous
Death Camases
, such as
Mountain Death-Camas
(
Zigadenus elegans
)
and
Meadow Death-Camas
(
Zigadenus venenosus
)
, which grow in similar areas and have similar looking bulbs, but have white flowers.
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