Hydrophyllaceae Phacelia sp.

Wild Heliotrope

Pima, Gila River - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 5

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Scientific name: Phacelia sp.
Common names: Wild Heliotrope
Family: Hydrophyllaceae
Family (APG): Boraginaceae
Native American Tribe: Pima, Gila River
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Leaves boiled or boiled, strained, refried and eaten as greens. Star mallow, wild heliotrope, fiddlenecks and wild sorrel were dropped entirely from the Pima diet. The author suspects they were spring starvation season foods.

RECRD: 8738 id: 26278

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