Alismataceae Sagittaria latifolia Willd.
Broadleaf Arrowhead
Omaha - Food, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 325
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Sagittaria latifolia Willd.
Scientific name: Sagittaria latifolia Willd.
USDA symbol: SALA2 (
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Common names: Broadleaf Arrowhead
Family: Alismataceae
Family (APG): Alismataceae
Native American Tribe: Omaha
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Tubers cooked as a farinaceous food.
RECRD: 31860 id: 35594