Chenopodiaceae Atriplex serenana A. Nels.

Bractscale

Pima - Food, Cooking Agent

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 36

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Scientific name: Atriplex serenana A. Nels.
USDA symbol: ATSES (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Bractscale
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Pima
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Cooking Agent
Notes: Boiled with dried cane cactus to counteract its acidic flavor.

RECRD: 41201 id: 6721