Violaceae Viola pedunculata Torr. & Gray

California Golden Violet

Diegueno - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 43

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Scientific name: Viola pedunculata Torr. & Gray
USDA symbol: VIPEP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: California Golden Violet
Family: Violaceae
Family (APG): Violaceae
Native American Tribe: Diegueno
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Young leaves, picked before the flowers appear in the spring, boiled once and eaten as greens.

RECRD: 2567 id: 43277

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