Brassicaceae Lepidium nitidum Nutt.

Shining Pepperweed

Diegueno - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 23

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Scientific name: Lepidium nitidum Nutt.
USDA symbol: LENIN (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Shining Pepperweed
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Diegueno
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Plant tops and flowers boiled and eaten as greens.

RECRD: 2476 id: 19933

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