Solanaceae Physalis lanceolata Michx.

Lanceleaf Groundcherry

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 363

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Scientific name: Physalis lanceolata Michx.
USDA symbol: PHHI8 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Lanceleaf Groundcherry
Family: Solanaceae
Family (APG): Solanaceae
Native American Tribe: Dakota
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Firm, young, green seed pods boiled with meat in the spring.

RECRD: 31043 id: 26687

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