Portulacaceae Portulaca oleracea L.

Little Hogweed

San Felipe - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 43

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Scientific name: Portulaca oleracea L.
USDA symbol: POOL (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Little Hogweed
Family: Portulacaceae
Family (APG): Portulacaceae
Native American Tribe: San Felipe
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Young plants fried or boiled and mixed with young peas.

RECRD: 41236 id: 29794

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