{"product_id":"common-camas-camassia-quamash","title":"Camas (Camassia quamash)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAn iconic, culturally significant plant with edible bulbs that served as a staple food for Indigenous peoples, distinguishing it from the poisonous Death Camas by its blue-purple flowers. \u003cspan data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"T286Pc\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eEstablished plants\u003c\/span\u003e are considered drought-tolerant, as they go dormant in the summer when the soil typically dries out. A crucial staple food for Indigenous peoples of North America, who cooked the bulbs in earth ovens for long periods to convert inulin to fructose, common camas also has several traditional medicinal applications, including as a cough medicine and to treat digestive issues.\u003cspan data-processed=\"true\" data-wiz-uids=\"CRcIr_d,CRcIr_e\" class=\"uJ19be notranslate\"\u003e\u003cspan data-processed=\"true\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" class=\"vKEkVd\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BC Native Plants","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51517492723768,"sku":null,"price":0.01,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/7960\/8376\/files\/Camassia_quamash_ssp_quamash1_Jenny_Moore_lg.jpg?v=1757026723","url":"https:\/\/westcoastgardens.co\/products\/common-camas-camassia-quamash","provider":"Westcoast Gardens","version":"1.0","type":"link"}