Brassicaceae Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Hayek

Watercress

Okanagan-Colville - Food, Starvation Food

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 92

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Scientific name: Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Hayek
USDA symbol: RONA2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Watercress
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Starvation Food
Notes: Leaves used as a good emergency food.

RECRD: 12540 id: 33851

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