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death camas Can easily be mistaken for wild onion or blue camas, both of which are edible, especially when not flowering. Native Americans, who used the others as an important part of their diet would actively weed these from their harvesting grounds.  Geotagged,Meadow death camas,Spring,Toxicoscordion venenosum,United States Click/tap to enlarge

death camas

Can easily be mistaken for wild onion or blue camas, both of which are edible, especially when not flowering. Native Americans, who used the others as an important part of their diet would actively weed these from their harvesting grounds.

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"Toxicoscordion venenosum", with the common names death camas and meadow death camas, is a species of flowering plants in the genus "Toxicoscordion", of the Melanthiaceae family. It is native to western North America. The plant is called alapíšaš in Sahaptin, and nupqasaquǂ in Ktunaxa.

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Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded May 29, 2024. Captured May 25, 2024 17:59 in WG33+C4 Oroville, WA, USA.
  • X-T2
  • f/14.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO800
  • 80mm