Arizona Meadows Turnout

Blue Camas in Bloom

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This wet meadow turns blue violet in the early summer when blue camas blooms. Shoshone Indians harvested the bulbs once the flowers bloomed so that they did not confuse the plant with death camas that could be a very deadly mistake! The roasted bulbs formed an important part of their diet. Today, the meadow is an oasis surrounded by lodgepole pine forest.