Polygonaceae Rumex crispus L.

Curly Dock

Paiute, Northern - Food, Starvation Food

Use documented by:
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 48

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Scientific name: Rumex crispus L.
USDA symbol: RUCRC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Curly Dock
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Paiute, Northern
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Starvation Food
Notes: Roots pit baked in the winter when food was scarce.

RECRD: 8927 id: 35328

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