Brassicaceae Caulanthus inflatus S. Wats.

Desert Candle

Kawaiisu - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 17

View all documented uses for Caulanthus inflatus S. Wats.

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Scientific name: Caulanthus inflatus S. Wats.
USDA symbol: CAIN15 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Desert Candle
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Kawaiisu
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Soft upper section of the stem roasted in a pit oven covered with dirt and eaten.

RECRD: 4176 id: 8553

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