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Camassia scilloides
Also called Eastern Camas, Wild Hyacinth, Eastern Hyacinth
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, including Ontario and the eastern United States.
Native American groups used the bulbs for food, eating them raw, baked, roasted, boiled, or dried. They can be used in place of potatoes, but could possibly be confused for poisonous deathcamas.
Prairie camas · Cusick's camas · Howell's camas · Large camas · Small camas · Camas
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Camassia scilloides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
