Brassicaceae Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.

Hedgemustard

Navajo - Food, Soup

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 22

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Scientific name: Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.
USDA symbol: SIOF (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Hedgemustard
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Soup
Notes: Seeds parched, ground into meal and made into soup or stew.

RECRD: 41054 id: 38098

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