Apiaceae Perideridia gairdneri (Hook. & Arn.) Mathias

Yampa

Okanagan-Colville - Food, Dried Food

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 71

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Scientific name: Perideridia gairdneri (Hook. & Arn.) Mathias
USDA symbol: PEGAB (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Yampa
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Roots eaten raw, boiled or cooked, sliced, dried and mixed with dried, powdered deer meat.

RECRD: 12374 id: 26015

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