I think it may be Camassia. -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of dave s Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 8:36 AM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: Re: [pbs] Native N American crops What was that blue flower with the bulb/tuber that was heavily cultivated by the indians? -Dave On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Lysne, Mark (Wyle) <LYSNEM@onr.navy.mil>wrote: > Jim, > > Sunflowers seem to have been domesticated in Eastern North America. See > http://nature.com/nature/journal/… > There are some other crops such as squash whose origin is being debated. > > Mark Lysne > > >Message: 13 > >Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:41:06 -0400 > >From: "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com> > >Subject: Re: [pbs] Native N American crops > >To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > >Message-ID: <6FCE6BF68FB44DDD81C5574016E506A8@Library> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > >Well Leo and Alberto, I think the answer to this one depends on how you > >divide up the Americas! > > > >For those who divide things up into North America and South America, > then > >both of you are right. > > > >I was thinking in terms of North America, Mesoamerica and South > America. > >That division is I think more common in biological discussions because > of > >the huge differences introduced by the Mesoamerican fauna. > > > >As long as one accepts the division of the Americas into north, meso- > and > >south, then I?m on firm ground. > > > >Jim McKenney > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >