Lovely Camas, taken with iPhone under overcast skies and then cropped almost to oblivion.
The [Kalapuya] bands harvested the bulbs of several plants belonging to the lily family. The most important of these to the Kalapuya was camas, a wild blue lily. In spring, women and children harvested its young shoots, boiling and consuming them at once. By June, the plant was fully grown, and the ripened bulbs were ready for gathering.
From Juntunen, Dash and Rogers, The World of the Kalapuya. 2005: 48.
From Juntunen, Dash and Rogers, The World of the Kalapuya. 2005: 48.
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