Polygonaceae Eriogonum hookeri S. Wats.

Hooker's Buckwheat

Hopi - Food, Spice

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 160

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Scientific name: Eriogonum hookeri S. Wats.
USDA symbol: ERHO6 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Hooker's Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Spice
Notes: Boiled with mush for flavor.

RECRD: 10674 id: 14042

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