Fabaceae Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.

Breadroot Scurfpea

Dakota - Food, Dried Food

Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 365

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Scientific name: Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.
USDA symbol: PEES (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Breadroot Scurfpea
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Dakota
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Roots dried for winter use. The roots were peeled and braided into festoons by their tapering roots or were split into halves or quarters and after drying were stored in any convenient container.

RECRD: 31067 id: 25728

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