Asteraceae Cirsium edule Nutt.

Edible Thistle

Cheyenne - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 46

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Scientific name: Cirsium edule Nutt.
USDA symbol: CIED (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Edible Thistle
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Cheyenne
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Tender, spring shoots eaten raw.

RECRD: 44781 id: 9944