Asteraceae Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers

Common Dandelion

Meskwaki - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 257

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Scientific name: Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers
USDA symbol: TAOFO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Dandelion
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Spring leaves used as greens and cooked with pork.

RECRD: 1240 id: 39373

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