Liliaceae Zigadenus paniculatus (Nutt.) S. Wats.

Foothill Deathcamas

Navajo, Kayenta - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 17

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Scientific name: Zigadenus paniculatus (Nutt.) S. Wats.
USDA symbol: ZIPA2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Foothill Deathcamas
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Bulbs cooked with meat and corn and used for food.

RECRD: 41989 id: 44560

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