Brassicaceae Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl

Herb Sophia

Navajo, Ramah - Food, Bread & Cake

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 28

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Scientific name: Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl
USDA symbol: DESO2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Herb Sophia
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Ground seeds used to make cakes.

RECRD: 10502 id: 12393

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