Fabaceae Trifolium wormskioldii Lehm.
Cows Clover
Nitinaht - Food, Dried Food
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 110
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Trifolium wormskioldii Lehm.
Scientific name: Trifolium wormskioldii Lehm.
USDA symbol: TRWO (
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Common names: Cows Clover
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Nitinaht
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Rhizomes steam cooked, dried, re-steamed, dipped in oil and eaten in winter.
RECRD: 47319 id: 40673