Saxifragaceae Saxifraga spicata D. Don

Spiked Saxifrage

Eskimo, Alaska - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 36

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Scientific name: Saxifraga spicata D. Don
USDA symbol: SASP4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Spiked Saxifrage
Family: Saxifragaceae
Family (APG): Saxifragaceae
Native American Tribe: Eskimo, Alaska
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Young, tender leaves eaten raw with seal oil and often with fish.

RECRD: 32790 id: 37349

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