Polygonaceae Eriogonum racemosum Nutt.
Redroot Buckwheat
Navajo, Kayenta - Food, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 19
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Eriogonum racemosum Nutt.
Scientific name: Eriogonum racemosum Nutt.
USDA symbol: ERRA3 (
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Common names: Redroot Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Leaves and stems eaten raw.
RECRD: 41994 id: 14116