Boraginaceae Amsinckia tessellata Gray

Bristly Fiddleneck

Kawaiisu - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 11

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Scientific name: Amsinckia tessellata Gray
USDA symbol: AMTET (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Bristly Fiddleneck
Family: Boraginaceae
Family (APG): Boraginaceae
Native American Tribe: Kawaiisu
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Leaves bruised by rubbing between the hands and eaten with salt.

RECRD: 4148 id: 3231

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