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Wildflowers on Weippe Prairie

Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.

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Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.