Fabaceae Astragalus ceramicus var. filifolius (Gray) F.J. Herm.

Painted Milkvetch

Hopi - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 79

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Scientific name: Astragalus ceramicus var. filifolius (Gray) F.J. Herm.
USDA symbol: ASCEF (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Painted Milkvetch
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Sweet roots dug up and eaten by children.

RECRD: 41480 id: 6481

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