Boraginaceae Amsinckia spectabilis Fisch. & C.A. Mey.

Woolly Breeches

Pima - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Hrdlicka, Ales, 1908, Physiological and Medical Observations Among the Indians of Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico, SI-BAE Bulletin #34:1-427, page 264

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Scientific name: Amsinckia spectabilis Fisch. & C.A. Mey.
USDA symbol: AMSP3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Woolly Breeches
Family: Boraginaceae
Family (APG): Boraginaceae
Native American Tribe: Pima
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Young leaves rolled into balls and eaten raw.

RECRD: 46792 id: 3229

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