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

Watson's Desertparsley

Paiute - Food, Winter Use 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 94

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Scientific name: Lomatium watsonii (Coult. & Rose) Coult. & Rose
USDA symbol: LOWA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Watson's Desertparsley
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Paiute
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Winter Use Food
Notes: Peeled roots dried for winter use, ground and boiled into a mush or used to flavor dried crickets.

RECRD: 1494 id: 21081

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