Portulacaceae Lewisia rediviva Pursh

Oregon Bitterroot

Blackfoot - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 278

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Scientific name: Lewisia rediviva Pursh
USDA symbol: LERER (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Oregon Bitterroot
Family: Portulacaceae
Family (APG): Portulacaceae
Native American Tribe: Blackfoot
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Plant boiled and eaten.

RECRD: 60361 id: 20018