Apiaceae Cymopterus montanus Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray
Mountain Springparsley
Navajo - Food, Unspecified
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 15
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Cymopterus montanus Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray
Scientific name: Cymopterus montanus Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray
USDA symbol: CYMO (
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Common names: Mountain Springparsley
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Cooked with dried wild desert onions in the winter.
RECRD: 40975 id: 11834