Polygonaceae Rumex venosus Pursh

Veiny Dock

San Felipe - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 50

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Scientific name: Rumex venosus Pursh
USDA symbol: RUVE2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Veiny Dock
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: San Felipe
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Young stems eaten like rhubarb.

RECRD: 41311 id: 35512