About Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory
This species, Camassia scilloides, grows from a bulb that is 1–3 centimetres (0.39–1.18 in) wide, and produces an inflorescence that can reach up to half a meter in height. It grows a small number of leaves, each of which measures 20–60 cm (7.9–23.6 in) long. Its flowers have light blue or whitish tepals and yellow anthers. Its green or brown, three-parted capsule grows up to one centimeter long. Historically, Native American groups used the bulbs of Camassia scilloides as food, prepared by eating them raw, baking, roasting, boiling, or drying them. The bulbs can be substituted for potatoes, but they may be mistaken for the poisonous deathcamas plant.
