Portulacaceae Lewisia rediviva Pursh

Oregon Bitterroot

Montana Indian - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 14

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Scientific name: Lewisia rediviva Pursh
USDA symbol: LERER (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Oregon Bitterroot
Family: Portulacaceae
Family (APG): Portulacaceae
Native American Tribe: Montana Indian
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Small pieces of bitter root steeped, boiled in water and eaten.

RECRD: 10106 id: 20029

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