Polygonaceae Eriogonum longifolium Nutt.
Longleaf Buckwheat
Kiowa - Food, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 25
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Eriogonum longifolium Nutt.
Scientific name: Eriogonum longifolium Nutt.
USDA symbol: ERLOL4 (
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Common names: Longleaf Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Kiowa
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Root used for food.
RECRD: 10807 id: 14078