Oxalidaceae Oxalis montana Raf.
Mountain Woodsorrel
Potawatomi - Food, Dessert
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 106
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Oxalis montana Raf.
Scientific name: Oxalis montana Raf.
USDA symbol: OXMO (
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Common names: Mountain Woodsorrel
Family: Oxalidaceae
Family (APG): Oxalidaceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dessert
Notes: Plant gathered, cooked and sugar added to make a dessert.
RECRD: 305 id: 25146