Geraniaceae Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'H‚r. ex Ait.

Redstem Stork's Bill

Hopi - Food, Candy

Use documented by:
Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 313

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Scientific name: Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'H‚r. ex Ait.
USDA symbol: ERCIC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Redstem Stork's Bill
Family: Geraniaceae
Family (APG): Geraniaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Candy
Notes: Roots chewed by children, sometimes as gum.

RECRD: 21389 id: 14215