Asteraceae Hemizonia fitchii Gray

Fitch's Tarweed

Miwok - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 153

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Scientific name: Hemizonia fitchii Gray
USDA symbol: HEFI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Fitch's Tarweed
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Miwok
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Seeds used to make mush.

RECRD: 20070 id: 16739