Brassicaceae Descurainia pinnata ssp. pinnata

Western Tansymustard

Hopi - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 25

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Scientific name: Descurainia pinnata ssp. pinnata
USDA symbol: DEPIP3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Western Tansymustard
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Leaves boiled or roasted between hot, flat stones and eaten.

RECRD: 41090 id: 12375