Polygonaceae Rumex venosus Pursh
Veiny Dock
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 50
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Rumex venosus Pursh
Scientific name: Rumex venosus Pursh
USDA symbol: RUVE2 (
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Common names: Veiny Dock
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: San Felipe
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Young stems eaten like rhubarb.
RECRD: 41311 id: 35512