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Camassia
Flower is about 2.5 feet tall with several 6 petaled, purple flowers at the top.
Camas flowers growing at the bottom of Skinner's Butte near the river in a meadow.
These flowers have a root which was harvested by natives. They were eaten like a potato or dried and ground up for flour.
Spotted on Jun 22, 2012
Submitted on Jun 22, 2012
