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|taxon = Camassia scilloides<br />
|image = Camassia scilloides Ozarks.jpg<br />
|status = G4 | status_system = TNC<br />
|authority = ([[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Raf.]]) [[Cory.]]<br />
| synonyms = ''Camassia esculenta'' <br><small>(Ker Gawl.) B.L.Rob.(nom. illeg.) </small> <br />
|synonyms_ref = <ref>Rhodora 10: 31 (1908)</ref>|<br />
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'''''Camassia scilloides''''' is a [[Perennial plant|perennial]] herb known commonly as '''Atlantic camas''', '''wild hyacinth''',<ref name=ns>[http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Camassia+scilloides ''Camassia scilloides''.] NatureServe. 2012.</ref> and '''eastern camas'''.<ref name=fna>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101518 ''Camassia scilloides''.] Flora of North America.</ref> It is native to the eastern half of North America, including [[Ontario]] and the eastern United States.<ref name=fna/><br />
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== Description ==<br />
The species produces [[inflorescence]]s up to half a meter tall from a [[bulb]] {{Convert|1–3|cm}} wide.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Elias|first=Thomas S.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244766414|title=Edible Wild Plants: A North American Field Guide to Over 200 Natural Foods|last2=Dykeman|first2=Peter A.|publisher=[[Sterling Publishing|Sterling]]|year=2009|isbn=978-1-4027-6715-9|location=New York|pages=65|oclc=244766414|orig-year=1982}}</ref> It has a few leaves, each up to {{Convert|20–60|cm|abbr=on}} long.<ref name=":0" /> The flowers have light blue or whitish [[tepal]]s and yellow [[stamen|anthers]]. The green or brown capsule is up to a centimeter long<ref name="fna" /> and divided into three parts.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Uses ==<br />
[[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American groups]] used the bulbs for food, eating them raw, baked, roasted, boiled, or dried.<ref name="mich">[http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Camassia+scilloides ''Camassia scilloides''.] Native American Ethnobotany. University of Michigan, Dearborn.</ref> They can be used in place of potatoes, but could possibly be confused for poisonous [[deathcamas]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Taxonomy ==<br />
The superseded name ''Camassia esculenta'' (Ker Gawl.) B.L.Rob., (''nom. illeg''.)<ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=301839 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: ''Camassia esculenta'' (Ker Gawl.) B.L.Rob.]</ref> should not be confused with ''Camassia esculenta'' (Nutt.) Lindl., a superseded name for ''[[Camassia quamash]]'' ''subsp. quamash''.<ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=301838 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: ''Camassia esculenta'' (Nutt.) Lindl.]</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Commons category-inline|Camassia scilloides}}<br />
*[http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=casc5 ''Camassia scilloides''.] USDA PLANTS<br />
*Jalava, J. V. 2013. [http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/stdprodconsume/groups/lr/@mnr/@species/documents/document/stdprod_099160.pdf Recovery Strategy for the Wild Hyacinth (''Camassia scilloides'') in Ontario.] Ontario Recovery Strategy Series. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Peterborough.<br />
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