Fabaceae Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.

Breadroot Scurfpea

Dakota - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 365

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Scientific name: Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.
USDA symbol: PEES (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Breadroot Scurfpea
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Dakota
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Roots eaten fresh.

RECRD: 31066 id: 25730

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