Cactaceae Escobaria vivipara var. vivipara

Spinystar

Cheyenne - Food, Fruit

Use documented by:
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 16

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Scientific name: Escobaria vivipara var. vivipara
USDA symbol: ESVIV (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Spinystar
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Cheyenne
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Fruits boiled fresh and eaten.

RECRD: 44690 id: 14402