Apiaceae Perideridia gairdneri ssp. gairdneri

Gairdner's Yampah

Montana Indian - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 9

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Scientific name: Perideridia gairdneri ssp. gairdneri
USDA symbol: PEGAG (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Gairdner's Yampah
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Montana Indian
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Roots boiled like potatoes.

RECRD: 10052 id: 26041