Polygonaceae Eriogonum plumatella Dur. & Hilg.

Yucca Buckwheat

Kawaiisu - Food, Porridge

Use documented by:
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 30

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Scientific name: Eriogonum plumatella Dur. & Hilg.
USDA symbol: ERPL3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Yucca Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Kawaiisu
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Porridge
Notes: Seeds pounded, cooked into a mush and eaten.

RECRD: 4233 id: 14111

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