- Camassia scilloides
Taxobox
name = "Camassia scilloides"
status = LC
status_source = iucn3.1
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Liliopsida
ordo =Asparagales
familia =Agavaceae
genus = "Camassia "
species = "C. scilloides"
binomial = "Camassia scilloides"
binomial_authority = (Raf. )Cory. "Camassia scilloides" is a perennial herb also known as the Atlantic camas and Southern Wild Hyacinth. It is found on the black soil prairies in
Texas . It has aninflorescence of pale blue flowers on a leafless stalk 30 - 70 centimeters long, arising from a subterranean stem and bulb that is 1.5 - 3 cm diameter.Cultivation and uses
The bulb was used by native American indians as a food source, raw, boiled or baked.
References
* Delena Tull (1987), "Edible and Useful Pants of Texas and the Southwest", pgs 110-111.
* Kelly Kindscher (1987), "Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie", pgs 72 - 75.External links
*United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CASC5]
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