Asteraceae Hymenopappus filifolius Hook.

Fineleaf Hymenopappus

Hopi - Food, Bread & Cake

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 29

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Scientific name: Hymenopappus filifolius Hook.
USDA symbol: HYFIF (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Fineleaf Hymenopappus
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Leaves boiled, rubbed with cornmeal and baked into bread.

RECRD: 41117 id: 17566

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