Cyperaceae Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens

Threesquare Bulrush

Paiute, Northern - Food, Porridge

Use documented by:
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 49

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Scientific name: Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
USDA symbol: SCPUP5 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Threesquare Bulrush
Family: Cyperaceae
Family (APG): Cyperaceae
Native American Tribe: Paiute, Northern
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Porridge
Notes: Seeds ground lightly into a flour and boiled into a mush.

RECRD: 8943 id: 37462

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