Apiaceae Lomatium simplex var. simplex
Great Basin Desertparsley
Montana Indian - Food, Staple
Use documented by:
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 15
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Lomatium simplex var. simplex
Scientific name: Lomatium simplex var. simplex
USDA symbol: LOSIS (
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Common names: Great Basin Desertparsley
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Montana Indian
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Staple
Notes: Spring roots reduced to flour.
RECRD: 10120 id: 21051