Way

Harvest Brodiaea (Brodiaea elegans)

  • The corms of way can be eaten raw, or boiled or roasted in an earth oven.
  • The corms are typically harvested in late spring or summer when the plant has finished flowering. Both men and women harvest way (Kroeber 1929:261).
  • It takes approximately three years for the corm to grow from seed.
  • Way grows flowers with six purple-blue petals.

Harvest Brodiaea (photo by lazarus, CC BY 4.0)

Harvest Brodiaea (photo by Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0)

Homodíbe mɨɨm? (Where is it?) You can find way on Reservation Road behind the Tribal Community Garden, as well as near the riggins shacks.

Esak’ahá daak’ábe mi c’aykɨ́ɨ? (Do you want to know more?) This webpage is part of a larger initiative to share signage highlighting plants found around the Shingle Springs Rancheria and their Nisenan names.

Webpage last updated: 2025-07-17