Quamash
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Quamash (Camassia) - N. American plants of the Lily order, hardy, handsome, and of easy culture.
Camassia quamash
Genus: Camassia
Species: quamash
The word Camassia is derived from the common and species name of this plant. The bulbs of this plant or 'Quamash' were once part of the diet of the North American Indians.
Quamash (Camassia quamash), also known as Small Camas, is a perennial herb.
Its genus name Camassia & its species name quamash is a redundancy, adapting the Indian name Quamash for genus & species alike. Whites also called it Indian Hyacinth, though most people to this day call it Camas.
Camassia quamash (esculenta) - Quamash, Camass
Campanula--Bellflower, Harebell
CAMPANULA INSECTS ...
Camassia quamash. Blue Camas.
Calochortus apiculatus. Sego Lily. Near Glacier National Park. Montana.
Calochortus eurycarpus. Sego Lily.
Common Camassia (Camassia quamash)
Common China Fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata 'Butternut')
Common Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
Common Coleus (Coleus x hybridus 'Duke Yellow')
Common Coleus (Coleus x hybridus 'Rob Roy') ...
quamash) were a staple food of Northwestern Native Americans; it is now cultivated as an ornamental for its showy blue to white blossoms. Camass, or quamash, was the Native American name. An eastern camass is called wild hyacinth.
Hyacinth bean (Dolichos lablab, Lablab purpureus)
Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis)
Peacock hyacinth, creeping water hyacinth (Eichhornea azurea)
Quamash, Indian hyacinth, wild hyacinth (Camassia species)
Water hyacinth (Eichhornea crassipes) ...
 See also: Camass, Camassia, Grass, Green, May
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