Portulacaceae Claytonia perfoliata Donn ex Willd.

Miner's Lettuce

Neeshenam - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Powers, Stephen, 1874, Aboriginal Botany, Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 5:373-9., page 377

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Scientific name: Claytonia perfoliata Donn ex Willd.
USDA symbol: CLPEP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Miner's Lettuce
Family: Portulacaceae
Family (APG): Portulacaceae
Native American Tribe: Neeshenam
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Leaves eaten as greens.

RECRD: 46357 id: 10148

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