Portulacaceae Lewisia rediviva Pursh
Oregon Bitterroot
Paiute, Northern - Food, Vegetable
Use documented by:
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 43
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Lewisia rediviva Pursh
Scientific name: Lewisia rediviva Pursh
USDA symbol: LERER (
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Common names: Oregon Bitterroot
Family: Portulacaceae
Family (APG): Portulacaceae
Native American Tribe: Paiute, Northern
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Leaves boiled like spinach and eaten.
RECRD: 8886 id: 20050