Fabaceae Dalea candida var. oligophylla (Torr.) Shinners

White Prairieclover

Keresan - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
White, Leslie A, 1945, Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Keres, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters 30:557-568, page 560

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Scientific name: Dalea candida var. oligophylla (Torr.) Shinners
USDA symbol: DACAO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: White Prairieclover
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Keresan
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Roots chewed in the spring before the leaves come out.

RECRD: 3096 id: 11990