Cyperaceae Carex utriculata Boott
Northwest Territory Sedge
Gosiute - Food, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 365
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Carex utriculata Boott
Scientific name: Carex utriculata Boott
USDA symbol: CAUT (
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Common names: Northwest Territory Sedge
Family: Cyperaceae
Family (APG): Cyperaceae
Native American Tribe: Gosiute
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Lower, tender stems and root parts eaten by children.
RECRD: 4587 id: 8130