Apiaceae Daucus pusillus Michx.

American Wild Carrot

Navajo - Food, Dried Food

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 26

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Scientific name: Daucus pusillus Michx.
USDA symbol: DAPU3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: American Wild Carrot
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Roots dried and cooked in the winter with wild celery.

RECRD: 41095 id: 12271

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