Asteraceae Artemisia tridentata Nutt.

Big Sagebrush

Paiute - Food, Staple

Use documented by:
Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 243

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Scientific name: Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
USDA symbol: ARTRT (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Big Sagebrush
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Paiute
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Staple
Notes: Seeds roasted, ground into flour and eaten with water.

RECRD: 7542 id: 5729

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