Urticaceae Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland.

California Nettle

Saanich - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 90

View all documented uses for Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland.

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Scientific name: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland.
USDA symbol: URDIG (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: California Nettle
Family: Urticaceae
Family (APG): Urticaceae
Native American Tribe: Saanich
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Young stems and leaves boiled and eaten like spinach.

RECRD: 47695 id: 41839

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