Poaceae Elymus multisetus M.E. Jones

Big Squirreltail

Kawaiisu - Food, Porridge

Use documented by:
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 64

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Scientific name: Elymus multisetus M.E. Jones
USDA symbol: ELMU3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Big Squirreltail
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Kawaiisu
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Porridge
Notes: Seeds parched, pounded and cooked into a thin mush.

RECRD: 4465 id: 13045