Fabaceae Astragalus miser Dougl.
Weedy Milkvetch
Thompson - Food, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 222
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Astragalus miser Dougl.
Scientific name: Astragalus miser Dougl.
USDA symbol: ASMIM4 (
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Common names: Weedy Milkvetch
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Thompson
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Plant placed at the top of the cooking pit in the absence of black tree lichen and wild onion.
RECRD: 33043 id: 6521