Apiaceae Lomatium grayi (Coult. & Rose) Coult. & Rose

Gray's Biscuitroot

Paiute - Food, Starvation Food

Use documented by:
Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 95

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Scientific name: Lomatium grayi (Coult. & Rose) Coult. & Rose
USDA symbol: LOGRG2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Gray's Biscuitroot
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Paiute
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Starvation Food
Notes: Roots eaten when hungry in the winter.

RECRD: 1498 id: 20939